CHEE2026 WMA In-class Activity 2 20 Feb 2018

Name:

Fill in the blanks while watching the video of Waste Management and Recycling in San Francisco (procedure in order):

• Household sorting wastes into _____________ and _____________.

• Collection by robotic refuse collector and deposit loads at a transfer centre.

• Separated into various components: _____________, _____________, ____________, and _____________,

by state-of-the-art Garbage Monster known as ________________________________, which is 300-ft long,
_____________ of conveyer belts, and is fed with _____________ tons of waste/day.

• High-powered fan is used to separate lighter paper, metals and plastics and leaving _____________
into a separate pile.

• Steep conveyor bounces light paper upwards and _____________ and _____________ drop down to
another conveyor belt.

• Powerful electromagnets attract _____________, leaving behind plastics and others.

• The remaining transferred to a team of _____________ and further separate the remaining wastes
into various bins.

• High-powered baling machine presses sorted recyclables into _____________ for resell; Papers -
$_____________ /bale, aluminium = $_____________ /bale.

• Trash then transferred to a pit which is _______-storey house, size of foot-ball field – wastes of
_____________ people. Underneath the pit, 18-wheeler trucks transfer wastes to a landfill site.

• Wastes are lined with clay and the impermeable membrane is made from _____________ film and
_____________ to prevent the waste from contaminating the __________________ and water table.

• Almost _____________ of these waste is organic materials, generating potentially explosive gases. Any
trapped air can cause potentially danger substance.

• To remove the air and make the trash good to build on, it needs to be squashed by a team of enormous
____________ and ____________, also known as the lords of the landfill.

• With over ____________ tons of waste arriving each day, the bulldozers and compactors must be efficiently
operated.

• First up is the compactor – with the pressure up to nearly 40 lbs/sq-in, its ____________ -ton wheels
act like giant rolling pins, crushing the wastes and the solid mass.

• Next the bulldozers – cover the waste with a layer of soil and recycled car upholstery which helps to
stir in the smell and deters scavenging animals. Finally everything is covered with a permanent layer
of ____________.