MIX AND MATCH WASTE GAME - Solution

No. Word Answer Definition
1. Compost Pile C A place to put vegetable peels, leaves, and grass clippings where they will decompose to humus.
2. Conservation E Wise use of our natural resources to avoid waste.
3. Decomposition A When natural materials break down and become soil.
4. Environment I The world around us.
5. Leachate F The dirty water that collects after rain runs through a landfill.
6. Natural resources G Things we depend on in our environment that are supplied by nature, such as air, water, soil, and wildlife.
7. Polluted B Dirty.
8. Recycling J Collecting and using materials to make new products.
9. Reuse K Using items more than one time, i.e. peanut butter jars to hold buttons or nails.
10. Sanitary landfill H A place where garbage is properly buried to protect water and the surrounding environment.
11. Toxic waste D Chemicals and some industrial and household wastes that are harmful to all living things.
12. Waste wise L Using our heads about conserving, recycling, and any problems we might have dealing with solid waste.
13. Solid waste M Everything we throw away, i.e., glass, metal, plastic, and kitchen scraps.
14. Resource recovery N A place where waste is burned and energy is plant produced.

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