The Amount of Trash Collected in One Community Is Overwhelming

question 9

Multiple Choice

The amount of trash collected in one community is overwhelming local resources to collect and store it. Which is the best approach for the population health nurse to take to help decrease the amount of generated trash?

• A) Encouraging use of fewer polluting products.
• B) Promoting recycling efforts in the community.
• C) Discouraging overuse of materials that generate trash.
• D) Educating the community about overbuying household products.

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Definitions:

Interdependence

A relationship between entities where each is mutually dependent on the other.

Independence

The state or condition of having the autonomy to make decisions or take actions without reliance on others.

Synchronic View

A synchronic view examines phenomena or issues as they exist at a single point in time, focusing on the contemporary state rather than historical development.

Continuous

Refers to something that occurs over an uninterrupted, unending period.