Question

1. Which of the following are legal ways of solid waste disposal?

Import or export to another area
Discarded into the ocean
Incineration at high temperatures
I only
III only
I and II only
I and III only

Answer 1

I and III only.

Step-by-step explanation:

Took the test and this was correct. In the United States (not only, there are other countries too), it is illegal to dispose solid waste into the ocean. What kind of effect would this have on all our aquatic organisms?

We have seen animals with plastic wrapped around their necks, fins, etc. Waste can also partially demolish certain habitats or make areas unlivable for some kinds of wildlife (for example big islands of floating garbage in the ocean block sunlight underneath them). Although some countries continue to dump waste into the oceans, it comes at a price to aquatic ecosystems and to the rest of us, because garbage doesn't stay still! Sometimes garbage disposed of into the ocean in one small country can travel and end up on the shores of a completely different country, affecting its citizens who did not contribute to this polluting act.

Anyways, no waste disposal into our oceans! Not from the US, and many other countries who have resources and conciousness to take care of their environment.

Answer 2

I and III only

Step-by-step explanation:

As incineration is a method of treating waste which involves combustion of the organic substances found in waste materials

Discarding into the Ocean will affect aquatic habitats

Importing to another area. That area might be an area for garbage disposal