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Lecture 16
Waste Management
Today's objectives -
Vocabulary -
Waste
Management –
Isolation –
Attenuation –
Landfill –
Incineration –
Ocean dumping –
Recycling –
Secure landfill –
Deep-well injection –
Lecture Outline -
Where
does the waste come from?
Different ways to dispose of waste.
Open pit
Land fill
Incineration
Ocean dumping
Problems with isolation
Disposing of hazardous materials
Waste management - recycling