ENV SCI Chap 17.2 Vocab

managing wastes to limit their environmental harm

• waste reduction

• waste elimination

• waste transformation

• waste management

Reducing the amount of waste produced; wastes that are produced are viewed as potential resources that can be reused, recycled, or composted.

• waste reduction

• waste elimination

• waste transformation

• waste management

integrated waste management

• government agencies' efforts to manage waste

• many countries working together to address waste recycling issues

• variety of coordinated strategies for both waste reduction and waste management designed to deal with the solid wastes humans produce

• a collection of grassroot activists working to ban waste

a site on which waste is spread in thin layers, compacted, and covered with a fresh layer of clay or plastic foam each day

• sanitary landfill

• building foundation

• agricultural research facility

• hazardous waste landfill

primary recycling

• the first in a multistage recycling process

• process in which waste materials are converted into different products

• using materials again for the same purpose

• the first time an item of solid waste has been recycled

secondary recycling

• the first in a multistage recycling process

• process in which waste materials are converted into different products

• using materials again for the same purpose

• the first time an item of solid waste has been recycled

form of recycling that mimics nature by using bacteria to decompose yard trimmings, vegetable food scraps, and other biodegradable organic wastes into humus

• biomimicry

• composting

• microwaving

• phytomatriculation