Multiple choice

Which of the following is an example of resource recovery?

  1. Cold drink bottles reused

  2. Newspapers sold to a vendor

  3. Sugarcane used to squeeze out juice and sold in market

  4. Garbage burnt to produce electricity
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Resource recovery process usually means heat recovery by incineration. An estimated 14-16 percent of the United States’ waste stream is incinerated. Wastes are taken to a modern energy recovery facility where they are burned in combustion chambers or boilers. 

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