<p>Name______#______Date______Hour______</p><p>Interactive Activity: Garbage!</p><p>Directions: This is an online research activity. Follow the step-by-step directions below to learn more about pollution and the environment. Go to http://www.learner.org/interactives/garbage/intro.html</p><p>1. On average, about how much solid trash do Americans generate daily? ______</p><p>______</p><p>2. Explain the difference between sustainable and non-sustainable practices: ______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>3. Click on facts about solid waste. How much trash does the United States generate every year?</p><p>______</p><p>4. How much of American trash is recycled every year? ______</p><p>5. Explain the two reasons that landfills have been closed: ______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>6. Can we burn garbage? Explain: ______</p><p>______</p><p>7. Can we pay someone to take our garbage? Explain: ______</p><p>______</p><p>8. Click on Find out about Possible Solutions. List two possible solutions for solid waste reduction:</p><p>1. ______2. ______</p><p>9. Explain the benefits of recycling: ______</p><p>______</p><p>10. Explain the downside to recycling: ______</p><p>______</p><p>11. Click on Back to Solid Waste. On the left of the screen, click on “Hazardous Waste”. List three facts about hazardous waste:</p><p>1.______2.______3.______</p><p>12. Who is responsible for hazardous waste? Explain: ______</p><p>______13. Click on Find out about Possible Solutions. What are the two approaches to addressing the challenges of hazardous waste?</p><p>1. ______2. ______</p><p>14. According to the National Academy of Sciences, the waste-prevention approach should have a hierarchy of goals. List those 5 goals:</p><p>1. ______4. ______</p><p>2. ______5.______</p><p>3. ______</p><p>15. Click on Back to Hazardous Waste. On the left of the screen, click on “Sewage”. What is sewage?</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>16. Why is it costly to treat sewage? ______</p><p>______</p><p>17. Click on Find out about Possible Solutions. Describe what the city of Arcata, California has implemented as an effective low-tech alternative to treating sewage: </p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>18. Click on Back to Sewage. On the left of the screen, click on “Global Efforts”. Copenhagen, Denmark has developed a comprehensive program for managing urban waste. List the goals of the program:</p><p>1.______2.______3.______</p><p>19. Explain why the programs in Copenhagen, Denmark and Arcata, California are good possible solutions for waste disposal:</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>20. Click on Find out about Possible Solutions. List three other places that are making global efforts in waste management:</p><p>1.______2.______3.______</p><p>21. Click on Back to Global Efforts. On the left of the screen, click on “The Future”. </p><p>22. People worldwide are beginning to recognize that a healthy, functioning community relies on a healthy ______.</p><p>23. ______and overuse of ______can affect everything from the health of children to the availability of raw materials.</p><p>24. Increasingly, we are realizing the importance of not only meeting ______regulations but also taking extra steps to reduce ______, prevent ______, and conserve ______.</p>