• What are the reactants in burning waste?
• What products are obtained from burning waste?
• In conclusion, does burning waste make it disappear?
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Answer:
Explanation:
What are the reactants in burning waste?
The predominant reactions are between carbon (C) and oxygen, producing carbon dioxide (CO2), and between hydrogen (H) and oxygen, producing water vapor (H2O). Incomplete combustion of organic compounds in the waste feedstream produces some carbon monoxide (CO) and carbon-containing particles.
What products are obtained from burning waste?
In incineration applications, the fuel is predominately waste (although fossil fuels may be co-fired) and the oxygen source is air. Combustion produces many of the same stable end products, whether the material burned is natural gas, coal, wood, gasoline, municipal solid waste, hazardous waste, or medical waste.
In conclusion,does burning waste make it dissapear?
Smoke from any fire can affect your health, your family's health and your neighbor's health. The smoke from backyard burning is released close to the ground where people can easily breathe it. The smoke from the fire can deposit chemicals on garden vegetables and garden soil. People can be exposed to those chemicals by eating fruits and vegetables grown near the trash-fire or in garden soil tilled with the ashes. Young children may be at greater risk than adults because of their playing behaviors, their small size and their developing bodies.
The chances of developing health effects from contact (exposure) with smoke from burn barrel fires depends on how much smoke a person contacts, how a person is exposed (e.g., breathing the smoke or eating vegetables affected by the smoke) and how long and often the person is exposed. Some people may be more or less sensitive than others to chemicals in smoke. People exposed to smoke could experience burning eyes and nose, coughing, nausea, headaches, or dizziness. Some people find the odors produced by burn barrels disagreeable, and they may experience discomfort, headaches, and nausea. Smoke can trigger asthma attacks. People with heart and lung conditions are at greater risk for health effects. Repeated exposures to pollutants in burn barrel smoke may occur when people burn trash on a regular basis, and this may increase the risk of chronic health problems. Also, unattended burn barrels or backyard burning can cause accidental fires.
Information from the US Environmental Protection Agency, the NYS Department of Health and the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation study showed that smoke from burning trash in a barrel contains particulate matter, carbon monoxide, hydrogen chloride, hydrogen cyanide, benzene, styrene, formaldehyde, arsenic, lead, chromium, benzo(a)pyrene, dioxins, furans and PCBs. Some of these chemicals are found in smoke from any fire. Although substances such as particulate matter, carbon monoxide and formaldehyde can cause immediate health effects with enough exposure, some chemicals such as dioxin can build up in foods and in your body. Some of these chemicals can remain in the environment for a long time and can remain on your property (for example, soil outside and dust inside your home).
How Can Burning Trash Get Chemicals Into Your Body?
Breathing the smoke.
Eating food contaminated by smoke and ash.
Playing in areas of contaminated soil or dust.
How Can Chemicals From Burning Trash Get Into Your Food?
Smoke and ash can settle on fruits and vegetables.
If ash is mixed into the garden soil, chemicals can be taken up by crops.
Chemicals can enter milk, eggs or meat if farm animals eat contaminated feed or soil.
Break The Habit! And Stop Backyard Burning.
Here are some simple tips to avoid the need to burn your trash:
Reduce. Avoid waste. Buy fewer items and select products with the least packaging.
Re-use. Buy products that can be re-used and/or come in containers that can be re-filled.
Recycle. Learn about your community's recycling programs. Dispose of your recyclables accordingly and urge others to do the same.
Compost. Compost plant-based kitchen and yard waste.
Dispose. Hire a sanitation service that will collect and properly dispose of your trash and recyclables, deliver them to your local transfer station, or work with your neighbors to develop a service that fits your community.
Use the best waste disposal practice established in your municipality!