Questions (2-3 pages)
No cited needed
Part I: Making a landfill
Watch the first video at the top of the page below (Sanitary Landfill- 10:23 minutes)
http://www.rumpke.com/education/landfill-videos (Links to an external site.)
1. List the steps Rumpke follows to make a new landfill.
2. What sort of environmental and health/safety precautions are taken by Rumpke to avoid any issues a landfill might cause?
3. What is leachate? How could it be dangerous if allowed to leave the landfill without going to a water treatment plant first?
4. Methane (CH4) is a greenhouse gas (contributes to climate change), and per molecule, it causes more warming than CO2. What does Rumpke do with methane produced by the landfill?
5. Write about 5 sentences reflecting on what you learned that you didn’t already know or something that particularly interested you in the video:
Part II: The Story of Rumpke & how things are recycled
Watch the first video at the top of this link (The Story of Rumpke (recycling)-11:02)
http://www.rumpke.com/education/recycling-videos (Links to an external site.)
1. How did the Rumpke company first begin back in the 30s? What made them switch from livestock to garbage collection?
2. What does MRF stand for? What is its function?
3. What products does Rumpke recycle? List them all here:
4. How are people involved in processing at the MRF? How is technology involved at the MRF?
5. What happens to the bales of sorted recyclables?
6. Write about 5 sentences reflecting on what you learned that you didn’t already know or something that particularly interested you in the video.
Part I: Making a landfill
Watch the first video at the top of the page below (Sanitary Landfill- 10:23 minutes)
http://www.rumpke.com/education/landfill-videos (Links to an external site.)
1. List the steps Rumpke follows to make a new landfill.
2. What sort of environmental and health/safety precautions are taken by Rumpke to avoid any issues a landfill might cause?
3. What is leachate? How could it be dangerous if allowed to leave the landfill without going to a water treatment plant first?
4. Methane (CH4) is a greenhouse gas (contributes to climate change), and per molecule, it causes more warming than CO2. What does Rumpke do with methane produced by the landfill?
5. Write about 5 sentences reflecting on what you learned that you didn’t already know or something that particularly interested you in the video:
Part II: The Story of Rumpke & how things are recycled
Watch the first video at the top of this link (The Story of Rumpke (recycling)-11:02)
http://www.rumpke.com/education/recycling-videos (Links to an external site.)
1. How did the Rumpke company first begin back in the 30s? What made them switch from livestock to garbage collection?
2. What does MRF stand for? What is its function?
3. What products does Rumpke recycle? List them all here:
4. How are people involved in processing at the MRF? How is technology involved at the MRF?
5. What happens to the bales of sorted recyclables?
6. Write about 5 sentences reflecting on what you learned that you didn’t already know or something that particularly interested you in the video.
Part I: Making a landfill
Watch the first video at the top of the page below (Sanitary Landfill- 10:23 minutes)
http://www.rumpke.com/education/landfill-videos (Links to an external site.)
1. List the steps Rumpke follows to make a new landfill.
2. What sort of environmental and health/safety precautions are taken by Rumpke to avoid any issues a landfill might cause?
3. What is leachate? How could it be dangerous if allowed to leave the landfill without going to a water treatment plant first?
4. Methane (CH4) is a greenhouse gas (contributes to climate change), and per molecule, it causes more warming than CO2. What does Rumpke do with methane produced by the landfill?
5. Write about 5 sentences reflecting on what you learned that you didn’t already know or something that particularly interested you in the video:
Part II: The Story of Rumpke & how things are recycled
Watch the first video at the top of this link (The Story of Rumpke (recycling)-11:02)
http://www.rumpke.com/education/recycling-videos (Links to an external site.)
1. How did the Rumpke company first begin back in the 30s? What made them switch from livestock to garbage collection?
2. What does MRF stand for? What is its function?
3. What products does Rumpke recycle? List them all here:
4. How are people involved in processing at the MRF? How is technology involved at the MRF?
5. What happens to the bales of sorted recyclables?
6. Write about 5 sentences reflecting on what you learned that you didn’t already know or something that particularly interested you in the video.