Question 1

What is municipal solid waste?

Accepted Answer

Household garbage or trash

Answer

Compost

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Animal waste

Answer

Recycling

Question 2

Where does a city properly dispose of municipal solid waste?

Accepted Answer

Landfill

Answer

Ocean

Answer

People's backyards

Answer

Recycling center

Question 3

What is a benefit of a landfill?

Accepted Answer

It is cost-effective and a safe way to dispose of trash

Answer

The waste will eventually disappear

Answer

It looks pretty

Answer

It poses no environmental threats

Question 4

Which of these is *not* a problem with a landfill?

Accepted Answer

People love living next to landfills

Answer

Hauling waste to the landfill increases air pollution

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It poses environmental threats if not properly designed or managed

Answer

We create more trash now, and need more landfills. But, it's harder to find new places for them.

Question 5

What percentage of a city's yearly budget goes toward waste hauling and processing at a landfill?

Accepted Answer

25-30%

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15-20%

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20-25%

Answer

5-10%

Question 6

Landfills are designed in layers to reduce the environmental impacts of waste materials.

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 7

Which of these is NOT a layer of a landfill?

Accepted Answer

Water

Answer

Daily earth cover

Answer

Protective liner

Answer

Compacted solid waste

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