... things (Environmental Science)." Synthetic materials, or materials created in a laboratory, are nonbiodegradable. Plastics are a common synthetic material. Plastics are made up of mostly carbon and hydrogen, but these elements are put together differently than how they are found in nature. Microorganisms have ways to break down things ... leachate has been found in the ground states the EPA. In order to stop leachate the Research Conservation and Recovery Act, also known as the RCRA, was passed in 1976 and was amended and updated in 1984. It stated that instead ... in the 1980's. The ne...

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