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Chemistry for Everyone
JCE Classroom Activity
Garbage Juice: Waste Management and Leachate Generation
Jenna R. Jambeck
Department of Civil/Environmental Engineering, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824

Jean M. Andino
Department of Civil/Environmental Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287
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February 2007
Vol. 84 No. 2
p. 240A

Abstract
This Activity uses multi-colored breakfast cereal and liquid to model the concepts of leachate and leaching from municipal solid waste disposed of in a landfill. Students create a modern landfill model with the same materials.
Supplement
The supplement includes a separate procedure that simulates a "batch leaching" procedure sometimes used to determine whether a waste is hazardous or not.
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Citation
Jambeck, Jenna R.; Andino, Jean M. J. Chem. Educ. 2007 84 240A.
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Keywords
Applications of Chemistry; First-Year Undergraduate / General; Hands-On Learning / Manipulatives; Introductory / High School Chemistry
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1/11/2007
2/16/2007
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