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Which of the following statements is false?
A. Leachate is a liquid that seeps from solid waste in sanitary landfills.
B. If we reduce the municipal solid waste stream to near zero, there will be no need for sanitary landfills.
C. Hazardous waste is any substance that threatens human health or the environment.
D. Mining is the largest producer of solid waste in the U.S.
E. Green chemistry focuses on source reduction for commercial chemical processes.

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The main source of solid waste in the U.S.E. is mining. Green chemistry focuses on lowering the sources used in industrial chemical processes. This statement is false.

Based on information from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). In all, 268 million tonnes of municipal solid garbage were produced in the United States in 2017, a huge rise from 88.1 million tonnes in 1960.

An estimated 1.8 billion tonnes of mineral processing waste are expected to be produced annually in the United States as a result of the mining and processing of mineral ores. Therefore, mining is not the US industry that produces the most solid waste.

The biggest amount of rubbish is reportedly produced worldwide in Canada. Its annual garbage production is predicted to be 1,325,480,289 metric tonnes. given the 36.7 million people who call Canada home.

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