According to the EPA, Which of the Following Has the Potential

question 15

Multiple Choice

According to the EPA, which of the following has the potential for greatly reducing the amount of materials that must be disposed of in landfills, as about one-quarter of household wastes consists of clippings from gardens and food waste?

• A) Recycling
• B) Compositing
• C) Landfills
• D) Incineration

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Definitions:

Punishment

A consequence that decreases the likelihood of a behavior being repeated in the future.

Planned Ignoring

A behavioral management technique involving the deliberate non-acknowledgment of undesirable behaviors to reduce their occurrence.

Time-out

A behavioral modification technique that involves removing an individual from a potentially reinforcing situation to decrease undesirable behaviors.

Restitution Overcorrection

A behavioral strategy requiring an individual to repair the consequences of inappropriate behavior, often in a manner that is more demanding than the original context.