GEOG 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Sewage Sludge, Montreal Protocol, Hazardous Waste
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Non-liquid, non-soluble materials ranging from municipal garbage to sewage sludge; agricultural refuse; and mining residues. Disposal sites for non-hazardous solid waste that is spread in layers and compacted to the smallest practical volume. Typically designed with floors made of materials to treat seeping liquids and are covered by soil as the wastes are compacted and deposited into the landfill. Hazardous waste causing danger from chemicals and infectious organisms radioactive waste. Hazardous-waste-emitting radiation from nuclear power plants, nuclear weapons factories, and nuclear equipment in hospitals and industry. The total diversity/variety of plants and animal species in a particular place rare-earth elements. Seventeen chemical elements that commonly occur together but are difficult to separate. Commonly used to make high tech electronics and weapons systems. The layer in the upper atmosphere located between 30 and 45 kilometers above the earth"s surface where stratospheric ozone is most densely concentrated. Acts as a filter for the sun"s harmful ultraviolet rays.
