Some sample questions from this category:
* In most countries around the world, municipal solid waste is put into landfills. In some countries, among others the Netherlands, Germany and recently the United Kingdom, land filling is prohibited. Why?
* In the Netherlands in the seventies, the "ladder of Lansink" was developed. This is a list of ways to treat waste in order of preference. Which of the following orders is the order of the ladder of Lansink, keeping in mind that it starts with the most preferable waste handling method.
* What is the most common way of generating energy from municipal solid waste?
* Now, let's focus on the incineration of waste. If you look into an industrial waste incinerator in operation, what do you see?
* Is the energy generated with the incineration of municipal solid waste considered renewable energy?
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