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The Waste Stream: A waste stream is whatever is going into the garbage to be wasted into a landfill. www. assignmentpoint. com
Landfills not only take up space, but give off bad gases and can www. assignmentpoint. com also let poisons escape.
The Waste Stream Process: 1. Purchase a product 2. Use the product 3. Throw away the product 4. Collect/transfer materials 5. And dump in the landfill www. assignmentpoint. com
The Recycling Process www. assignmentpoint. com
Recycling Process: The consumer (you): 1. Buys a product 2. Uses a product 3. Turns in recyclables to drop off centers, buy-back centers, or in your curbside recycling container www. assignmentpoint. com $
Recycling Process: Afterwards, it’s: 4. Collected & processed 5. Manufactured into new products 6. Purchased by you www. assignmentpoint. com
Waste Stream Process: Recycling Process: Product You Collected/Processed Collected/transferred Landfill Manufacturer www. assignmentpoint. com
The Waste Stream Process: When you throw certain items away, they contain toxins that leak out of landfills and into the surrounding environment or into underground water systems Lead, mercury, & cadmium - from batteries and electronics Mercury - from fluorescent tubes and energy-saving lights bulbs (CFL’s) Toxins also come from motor oil & other car fluids, electronics, paints, pesticides, pool chemicals, and other hazardous waste. www. assignmentpoint. com You can take these items to scheduled hazardous waste collections in your area or to the environmental health’s free drop off area in front of the landfill (off Hwy 59).
Other things to keep out of the landfill: Recyclable How long does it take for them items: to start breaking down? 80 - 100 years 700 years 1, 000 years www. assignmentpoint. com
