Trent Johnson

Ermert

Senior Lit

23 February 2019

Capstone Annotated Bibliography

"Hazardous-waste management." ​Britannica School,​ Encyclopædia Britannica, 22 Jan. 2010.

school.eb.com/levels/high/article/hazardous-waste-management/471030​. Accessed 25 Feb.

2019.

In this article, it talks about how even in small trace amounts, hazardous wastes have a

negative impact on their environment. Different forms of waste can be toxic, reactive, ignitable,

corrosive, infectious, or radioactive, and are materials that have biological, chemical, and

physical properties. Hazardous waste is required to be properly labeled, transported, and

tracked because some has been known to accidentally spill and also intentionally spilled or

abandoned. Treatments of the waste include methods such as by chemical, thermal, biological,

and physical.

"Toxic waste." ​Britannica School​, Encyclopædia Britannica, 7 Feb. 2019.

school.eb.com/levels/high/article/toxic-

Toxic chemicals or physical waste is waste that can cause death or injury to life. A lot of

waste can be considered poisonous to humans and other animals and it can have cancer

causing properties. Toxic waste is created by processes of industrial, chemical, and biological.

Common products used daily that contribute to this can be batteries because of the corrosive

acid inside. They are categorized into three categories: chemical waste, radioactive waste, and
medical waste. Chemical waste, are the ones considered corrosive, flammable and radioactive.

Radioactive wastes includes elements that produce ionizing radiation. Medical wastes are

tissues and fluids containing infectious disease-causing chemicals.

"Plastic pollution." ​Britannica School​, Encyclopædia Britannica, 15 Dec. 2017.

school.eb.com/levels/high/article/plastic-pollution/477253​. Accessed 25 Feb. 2019.

Man-made plastic materials can create major issues for wildlife as well as human

populations. Plastics create issues because they do not naturally occur in the environment.

About fifty percent of all plastics made are not recycled or disposed of properly and are just left

as is. Big polluters of plastic are caused from people just throwing their trash out of their car,

thrown into a trash can that is already full, or just simply thrown on the ground. Plastic

production grew from about 1.5 million tons of plastic in 1950 to about 275 million tons in 2010.

"Recycling." ​Britannica School​, Encyclopædia Britannica, 16 Aug. 2017.

school.eb.com/levels/high/article/recycling/51374​. Accessed 26 Feb. 2019.

Recycling is the reprocessing and recovery of materials for reuse. Recycling usually

involves melting down the materials such as metals to reuse them or make something new.

Internal recycling is the reuse of a manufacturing process of materials that are waste products.

External recycling is the reclaiming of materials from a product that has been rendered obsolete

or worn out. Plastics make up 10 percent of the weight of recycled materials.

"Land pollution." ​Britannica School​, Encyclopædia Britannica, 10 Feb. 2015.

school.eb.com/levels/high/article/land-pollution/474195​. Accessed 26 Feb. 2019.

Land pollution is the deposition of solid and liquid material on land or underground which

can contaminate the soil, groundwater, and threatens human and animal life. The cause of land
pollution is from materials classified as municipal solid waste, construction and demolition

waste, and hazardous waste. Municipal solid waste (MSW), contains non hazardous materials

such as trash from homes or businesses. C&D waste (construction and demolition) are items

such as rubber, wood, metals, and other materials created from construction.