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Discuss the sources and beneficial uses of municipal solid waste.
Describe the differences between garbage, rubbish, and trash.
Elaborate on the four characteristics of optimum routing of MSW collection trucks.
Explain the purpose of transfer stations.
Provide two positive and two negative aspects of incinerators.
Describe the purpose of composting.
Discuss four differences between dumps and landfills.
Address the following question: If each person in a city of 20,000 people generates 5 pounds per day of MSW, how many pounds of MSW are generated in a year in the city?
Address the following question: In a different city, if the landfill volume required per year is 300,000 m3, and the average fill depth is 15 m, what is the required landfill area (m2) per year?
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Methylene chloride hazardous substance scenario
: What properties of methylene chloride would you use to determine if the local residential area should be evacuated?
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Working with comprehensive environmental response
: Working with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act National Priority List (NPL)
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Discuss about environmental ethics
: We discuss about Environmental Ethics, the application of ethical standards to relationships between people and non-human entities.
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Importance of medical-fitness-performance and rehab standard
: Two different members seem to be slacking or skipping the mandatory fitness hour. Recognize the importance of medical, fitness, performance, and rehab standards
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Describe differences between garbage-rubbish and trash
: Discuss the sources and beneficial uses of municipal solid waste. Describe the differences between garbage, rubbish, and trash.
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Describe outdoor experience either positive or negative
: Describe an outdoor experience, either positive or negative, that has shaped your thinking about nature and the environment.
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Definition of hazardous wastes
: Worldwide there is no standard definition of hazardous wastes, and a number of different approaches are taken to the problem of defining it.
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Suisun bay ghost fleet
: Suisun Bay Ghost Fleet. What happened? -When did it happen? -Who or what caused it? -What did they do about it? -What did they do to repair it?
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Phases of emergency management
: What are the four phases of emergency management? What is the mitigation phase of emergency management in particular?
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