[ERS 317] - Midterm Exam Guide - Ultimate 19 pages long Study Guide!

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Environment and Resource Studies
• Course: ERS317
• Professor: John Jackson

Document Summary

Ers 317 lecture 1 january 4, 2017. We"ve thought about avoiding building more and more landfills, which has caused this issue to go down in their importance. Will it contaminate food of the fish when it goes into the lakes resulting in an entire food chain effect: worker occupational health issues. Recycling facilities commonly have quick explosions and fires causes heavy smoke that covers a large area. Garbage collection causes high hazards compactor on the garbage truck can cause explosions of materials that are hazardous; this can harm people standing behind the truck. Back, arm & leg issues when picking up the garbage: municipal garbage has a lot of issues with plastic they are collecting in big islands due to the wave currents collecting pollution. Substantial plastic particles are being found in the great lakes due to garbage issues (not being able to deal with all the trash)