1. Why is manifest system necessary?
a) To monitor journey of waste
b) To track waste
c) To analyse chemicals
d) To export
Explanation: The manifest system helps to get rid of the problem of midnight dumping and provides means for determining the type and amount of hazardous waste being generated.
2. When was regulations on the import and export of hazardous waste adopted in Canada?
a) 1998
b) 1999
c) 2000
d) 2001
Explanation: The regulations on import and export of hazardous waste adopted under section 191 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999.
3. Who signed the Hazardous Waste Export-Import Revisions final rule?
a) Gina McCarthy
b) Melissa Rauch
c) Lena Heady
d) Nicolas Freeman
Explanation: The EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy, signed the Hazardous Waste Export-Import Revisions final rule on October 28, 2016.
4. The aim of OECD is _________
a) Controlling HW shipments
b) Chemical analysis
c) Export
d) Import
Explanation: The aim of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) is multilateral waste agreement on controlling hazardous waste shipments.
5. OECD was established in _____
a) 1956
b) 1967
c) 1968
d) 1960
Explanation: The OECD was established in 1960 to guide members of different countries in achieving sustainable growth
6. When was the hazardous waste import-export act established
a) 1989
b) 1990
c) 1991
d) 1992
Explanation: The Hazardous Waste (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Act was established on 1989 to manage import and export of waste without effecting the environment.
7. What is the main purpose of export-import act?
a) Chemical analysis
b) Regulate import export activities
c) Export of waste
d) Import of waste
Explanation: The main purpose of Regulation of Exports and Imports Act is to regulate the export, import and transit of hazardous waste to safeguard that hazardous waste is dealt properly.
8. The international body created to address transboundary issues of international hazardous waste is _________
a) ENFORCE
b) CERCLA
c) RCRA
d) SARA
Explanation: The Environmental Network for Optimizing Regulatory Compliance on Illegal Traffic (ENFORCE) is an agency created to deal with the problems and issues of international hazardous waste
9. Which protocol ensures that the countries are following laws set by Basel convention?
a) Stockholm
b) Rotterdam
c) Liability and Compensation
d) Import-export
Explanation: Liability and Compensation protocol ensures that all the countries and corporations are following laws by Basel convention for transboundary movement of hazardous waste.
10. The convention that bans the import of waste into a country is ______
a) Bamako
b) Basel
c) Rotterdam
d) Stockholm
Explanation: Dissatisfaction with waste regulation by Basel convention in regulating the dumping of hazardous waste, certain countries banned the import of hazardous waste.