Philadelphia LS-AMP Summer 2016 International Research Internship in

Trinidad & Tobago

ASSIGNMENT #1
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Assignment is due: Sunday, May 29, 2016 at 11 pm
2. Save this file as YOUR NAME-Assignment 1
3. Watch the following YouTube Video (14:50 minutes) and answer the following
questions (you are encouraged to do some additional research on your own
to better answer the question): https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=s5jKL1OxbcE
a. What is solid waste?
Solid waste is any garbage or sludge from discarded materials including solid, liquid
or semi-solid from consumer operations.
b. List and describe the 3 main types of wastes include examples of
sources of each
i. Municipal waste- waste consisting of everyday items usually
from homes, institutions ad small businesses
ii. Industrial waste- discarded materials from and manufacturing
process usually from factories or petroleum extraction
iii. Hazardous waste- waste that contains materials that could be
potentially harmful to human health and an be in the form of a
solid, liquid or gas usually from nuclear plants.
c. What are the top 3 components of municipal solid waste in the US
i. Three components of municipal solid waste in the US are paper,
yard trimmings, and plastics.
d. What is a sanitary landfill?
i. Define leachate
ii. What is the purpose of the compacted impermeable clay &
plastic liner
iii. What is the purpose of the granular drainage layer & leachate
collection pipes
e. What is NIMBY
f. What is incineration and how is it used to dispose of solid waste?
i. What are some advantages of incineration compared to straight
landfilling?
ii. What are some disadvantages?
g. What is waste to energy
i. What are some advantages of waste to energy?
ii. What are some disadvantages of waste to energy?
h. Landfilling and incineration are two ways of managing our solid waste.
Another way of managing waste is source reduction.
i. What is source reduction?
ii. How can we as consumers help with source reduction?
iii. Who can manufacturers help with source reduction?
iv. What are some financial incentives for source reduction in the
US?
i. What is hazardous waste?
i. What are the four criteria for categorizing waste as hazardous
waste?
DR. GRAY

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Philadelphia LS-AMP Summer 2016 International Research Internship in

Trinidad & Tobago
ii. What is ignitability?
iii. What is corrosively?
iv. What is reactivity?
v. What is toxicity?
j. List two types of hazardous waste and list some sources for each
k. List and describe 3 ways of disposing of hazardous wastes (make sure
you include some advantages and disadvantages of each)
l. What is radioactive waste? What are some sources of this type of
waste?
m. What is superfund?
n. Discuss the following economic market principles
i. cost-benefit analysis
ii. externalities
iii. marginal costs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1RKMMpRRHY&nohtml5=False
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DR. GRAY

SUMMER 2016