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TRUE ADVISOR EXAM –
AJEF QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS|
ACE YOUR GRADES.
AVOIDED COST (COST AVOIDANCE) - correct answer -The
reduction in costs of one activity made possible by the operation
of a different activity. In solid waste management, avoided costs
often means savings realized in the cost of collecting, transferring,
transporting, and disposing garbage that is made possible by
waste reduction, recycling and composting.
NET COST - correct answer -Full cost of a solid waste
management activity, minus its byproduct or value-added
revenues.
DISPOSAL - correct answer -The discharge, deposit, injection,
dumping, spilling, leaking, or placing of any solid waste or
hazardous waste into or on any land or water so that such solid
waste or hazardous waste or any constituent thereof may enter
the environment or be emitted into the air or discharged into any
waters, including groundwater.
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DOWNCYCLING - correct answer -Recycling practice that
involves breaking an item down into its component elements or
materials. Once the constituent elements or materials are
recovered, they are reused if possible but usually as a lower-
value product.
DOWNSTREAM - correct answer -Materials generated after the
point of consumption.
END-MARKET - correct answer -Any person or place receiving
processed or unprocessed source-separated recyclable material
and utilizing the material as a finished product or as feedstock
material for a manufacturing process.
ENVIRONMENTALLY PREFERRED PURCHASING (EPP) -
correct answer -A concept that melds procurement and
environmental sustainability into an environmentally conscious
purchasing strategy, utilizing multifaceted environmental
purchasing factors.
FOOD SCRAPS - correct answer -Uneaten food and food
preparation wastes
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GRASSCYCLING - correct answer -A source reduction activity
whereby grass clippings are left on the lawn after mowing to help
hold moisture and naturally add nutrients back to the soil.
Right sizing - correct answer -to ensure that bin volume, number
of bins, and number of collection pick-ups for each material type
is accurate and appropriate to the generation of materials
Requires gathering information and auditing your bins: compile
data from existing hauler: container volumes, number of
containers, total number of pickups.
Bin Type - correct answer -OCC: Cardboard
MP: Mixed paper
T: Trash
C: Compost
P: Plastic
R: B&C
Compost (Re-earth) - correct answer -
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Contamination - correct answer -Any material or substance that is
mixed with recyclables or compostables that diminishes or
destroys the utility or value of the recyclables or compostables
aerobic composting - correct answer -decomposition in the
presence of oxygen, generally conducted outdoos in open
windrows or in an aerate container
Vermicomposting - correct answer -Composting with worms
Anaerobic digestion - correct answer -Controlled decomposition in
the absence of oxygen, generally conducted in an enclosed tank
or lagoon and capturing methane to generate power and/or heat
Recycle - correct answer -series of activities by which discarded
materials are collected, sorted, processed, converted into
manufacturing feedstock material and used in creation of new
products
TRUE ADVISOR EXAM –
AJEF QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS|
ACE YOUR GRADES.
AVOIDED COST (COST AVOIDANCE) - correct answer -The
reduction in costs of one activity made possible by the operation
of a different activity. In solid waste management, avoided costs
often means savings realized in the cost of collecting, transferring,
transporting, and disposing garbage that is made possible by
waste reduction, recycling and composting.
NET COST - correct answer -Full cost of a solid waste
management activity, minus its byproduct or value-added
revenues.
DISPOSAL - correct answer -The discharge, deposit, injection,
dumping, spilling, leaking, or placing of any solid waste or
hazardous waste into or on any land or water so that such solid
waste or hazardous waste or any constituent thereof may enter
the environment or be emitted into the air or discharged into any
waters, including groundwater.
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DOWNCYCLING - correct answer -Recycling practice that
involves breaking an item down into its component elements or
materials. Once the constituent elements or materials are
recovered, they are reused if possible but usually as a lower-
value product.
DOWNSTREAM - correct answer -Materials generated after the
point of consumption.
END-MARKET - correct answer -Any person or place receiving
processed or unprocessed source-separated recyclable material
and utilizing the material as a finished product or as feedstock
material for a manufacturing process.
ENVIRONMENTALLY PREFERRED PURCHASING (EPP) -
correct answer -A concept that melds procurement and
environmental sustainability into an environmentally conscious
purchasing strategy, utilizing multifaceted environmental
purchasing factors.
FOOD SCRAPS - correct answer -Uneaten food and food
preparation wastes
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GRASSCYCLING - correct answer -A source reduction activity
whereby grass clippings are left on the lawn after mowing to help
hold moisture and naturally add nutrients back to the soil.
Right sizing - correct answer -to ensure that bin volume, number
of bins, and number of collection pick-ups for each material type
is accurate and appropriate to the generation of materials
Requires gathering information and auditing your bins: compile
data from existing hauler: container volumes, number of
containers, total number of pickups.
Bin Type - correct answer -OCC: Cardboard
MP: Mixed paper
T: Trash
C: Compost
P: Plastic
R: B&C
Compost (Re-earth) - correct answer -
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Contamination - correct answer -Any material or substance that is
mixed with recyclables or compostables that diminishes or
destroys the utility or value of the recyclables or compostables
aerobic composting - correct answer -decomposition in the
presence of oxygen, generally conducted outdoos in open
windrows or in an aerate container
Vermicomposting - correct answer -Composting with worms
Anaerobic digestion - correct answer -Controlled decomposition in
the absence of oxygen, generally conducted in an enclosed tank
or lagoon and capturing methane to generate power and/or heat
Recycle - correct answer -series of activities by which discarded
materials are collected, sorted, processed, converted into
manufacturing feedstock material and used in creation of new
products
