Waste Management Quizzes & Trivia

Waste Management! It’s a stinky job but somebody has to do it. Waste management is crucial to maintaining a clean, healthy, livable environment. Whether you realize it or not, there’s more to proper waste management than just taking out the garbage. Test your waste management knowledge here and find out just how much you know about keeping the world clean. Do you know which country produces half of the world’s garbage? Can you estimate how many trees are saved when one ton of paper is recycled?

What percentage of our garbage can be composed because it is made up of plant matter? Can you name something made from recycled glass? These quizzes are fun but it really makes you think. Take it today and learn what you can do to make the world a better place.

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Waste Management Environmental Practices Review Quiz

Check out this Waste Management Environmental Practices Review quiz. We've prepared this incredible quiz to test your understanding of waste management practices. If you think you have good knowledge related to the...

Questions: 44 | Attempts: 7043 | Last updated: Jan 12, 2022

Sample Question
A discarded material is a waste. Which of the following is not discarding?

Inherently waste-like

Abandoned

Recycled and applied to the land

Excluded

Test Your Waste Management Knowledge! Trivia Quiz

Waste management includes the activities and actions necessary to manage waste from its beginning to its final disposal. This process consists of collecting, transport, treating, and disposing of garbage and monitoring and...

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 1398 | Last updated: Jan 5, 2021

Sample Question
What are the four basic waste categories?

Hazardous, spent electronics, bulk, municipal trash

Hazardous, non-hazardous, special, universal

Recyclable, organic, inorganic, aqueous

A Trivia Quiz On Waste Disposal!

Do you know anything about waste disposal? Waste is grouped according to source and composition, as waste materials are either liquid or solid in form. The term waste typically refers to sewage, hazardous waste, and electronic...

Questions: 17 | Attempts: 2522 | Last updated: Jan 5, 2021

Sample Question
Which statement describes general waste?

Much of the general waste at St. Paul's Hospital includes common items found in household garbage.

General waste at St. Paul’s Hospital is different and must be treated in special ways.

General waste at St. Paul’s Hospital is not the same as other garbage and is dangerous if not disposed of properly.

Self Evaluation Quiz - Waste Management

It’s easy to flush a toilet or take out the trash without paying any attention to where your waste is going – and if it’s being disposed of in an environmentally friendly way. How much do you know about waste...

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 176 | Last updated: Oct 4, 2017

Sample Question
Kofiase, a suburb of Mampong has an average solid waste generation rate of 0.35kg/cap/day and an estimated population of 2,000. What is the annual waste generation rate of the community?

700kg per annum

0.7tons per annum

256tons per annum

256kg per annum

Municipal Solid Waste: Test Your Knowledge About Waste Management! Trivia Quiz

Below is a Municipal Solid Waste trivia quiz to help Test Your Knowledge about Waste Management! TA good sewerage system makes an area clean and at the same time, frees the community from some waterborne diseases and other...

Questions: 50 | Attempts: 603 | Last updated: Nov 6, 2019

Sample Question
The slope range that is prescribed as production land use is

0-18%

Above 50%

16-50%

0-8%

None of the choices

Recent Quizzes

10 - Science - 08. Biology â€“ Waste Water Management

10 - SCIENCE - 08. BIOLOGY â€“ WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT

Questions: 7 | Attempts: 1532 | Last updated: May 31, 2017

Sample Question
Example for water-borne disease is _________

Scabies

Dracunculiasis

Trachoma

Typhoid

Waste Management Part 2 (Recordkeeping)

waste management part 2 (recordkeeping)

Basic recordkeeping and reporting requirements pursuant to RCRA regulations

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 89 | Last updated: Jan 22, 2013

Sample Question
What are the three categories of hazardous waste generators pursuant to RCRA?

High volume generators, exempt generators, low volume generators

Large quantity generators, small quantity generators, special generators

Conditionally exempt small quantity generators, large quantity generators, small quantity generators