| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Durable Goods | Products that may have a lifetime of over 3 yrs. |
| Non-Durable Goods | Products that last for less than 3 yrs. |
| Containers and Packaging | products that last for varying amounts of time, but are usually short lived. |
| 5 durable goods | refridgerator, a jar, buttons, tires, and radio |
| 5 Non-Durable Goods | paper plates, napkins, aluminum can, paper bag, and plastic `cups |
| 5 container and packaging items | cardboard box, plastic container, wrapping paper, tape, and styrafoam peanuts |
| Compost | Nature's way of recycling food and plant waste |
| Biodegradation | The process of natural waste breaking down and decaying |
| Toxic | Something that is harmful to humans, plants, and animals if not treated properly |
| Corrosive | The wearing away by chemical action |
| Leachate | Dirty water that collects after rain water runs through a landfill |
| Cell | a hole, dug in the ground, where waste is buried |
| Sanitary Landfill | Where garbage is buried to protect our water and surrounding environment |
| Rethink | to think again in new ways about our trash |
| Reduce | throwing away less |
| Reuse | Saving things that would usually be thrown out, and using them again |
| Recycling | Is when you take something and process it until it makes a new product from the old product |
| How to build a landfill | 1st u dig a cell. then u add a leachate collection system and a methane gas removal system. Then u add 5 ft of clay liner and a water and weatherproof plastic liner. |
| Leachate Collection System | U need a _____________________ b/c if once leachate develops, it must be drained or the landfill will overflow |
| Methane Gas | When microorganisms breack down solid waste, it creates this. |
| Sand, Silt, and Clay | What are the 3 types of particles? |
| large | What is the particle size of sand? |
| medium | What is the particle size of silt? |
| small | What particle size is clay? |
| no | Does sand drain slowly? |
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