ENVS 1126 Chapter : Chapter 21 Municipal Solid Waste
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Disposal and recovery: municipal solid waste (msw): total of all materials (trash, refuse, garbage) thrown away, landfill ->calculate ggp. Definition: waste is put on or in the ground and covered with earth. More than 75% of msw composition is recyclable: waste energy = air pollution, concentration in toxic heavy metals. Plants are hugely expensive to make: pay water bill for waste disposal. Pay to put waste into them because not enough is funded: good for very little space if there is not landfill. Creating heat, methane (greenhouse: lulu (locally unwanted land use, nimby, nimtoo (not in my term of office, banana (build absolutely nothing anywhere near anything) gas stronger than co2) I degree recycling (primary recycling) same to same (newspapers into. Ii degree recycling (secondary recycling) making something different: sweden recycle about 50% of waste and burn other 50 because it"s combustible. Choose to shut grid down for several hours in: disposal fees people start illegal dumping.
