Glass bottle Plastic bottle Municipal solid waste Hazardous waste Steel can Styrofoam item Cardboard item Computer Fluorescent bulb Alkaline battery Cell phone Lithium battery Printer cartridge 500 1000 1500 2000 Mean distance traveled (km)

Applications and Investigations in Earth Science (9th Edition)
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Which type of trash tended to travel farther: municipal
solid waste or hazardous waste? How far did each
type of trash travel? What do you think accounts for this
difference?

Glass bottle
Plastic bottle
Municipal solid waste
Hazardous waste
Steel can
Styrofoam item
Cardboard item
Computer
Fluorescent bulb
Alkaline battery
Cell phone
Lithium battery
Printer cartridge
500
1000
1500
2000
Mean distance traveled (km)
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