APES Friedland and Relyea Ch. 16 Flashcards

687389795	Waste	any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted, the non useful parts of a system
687389796	Municiple Solid Waste	solid materials discarded by commercial and educational facilities
687389797	Waste Stream	The flow of (waste) materials from generation, collection and separation to disposal
687389798	'Reduce,Reuse, and Recycle"	3 ways people can help practice conservation.
687389799	Source Reduction	reducing waste at the source, producing less waste or decreasing its toxicity
687389800	Reuse	use again after processing
687389801	Recycling	the act of processing used or abandoned materials for use in creating new products
687389802	Closed-loop Recycling	recycling of a product into the same product
687389803	Open-loop Recycling	when materials are reused to form new products
687389804	Compost	a mixture of various decaying organic substances, as dead leaves or manure, used for fertilizing soil
687389805	Leachate	polluted liquid produced by water passing through buried wastes in a landfill
687389806	Sanitary Landfills	the most common method of disposal of solid waste, by compacting it and burying it under a shallow layer of soil
687389807	Tipping Fee	charge for unloading or dump-ing of waste at a recycling facility, com-posting facility, landfill, transfer station, or waste-to-energy facility, usually stated in dollarsAorvor dollars/cubic yard
687389808	Siting	designation of location for landfill, often politically charged
687389809	Incineration	the act of burning something completely
687389810	Ash	the residue that remains when something is burned
687389811	Bottom Ash	the unburned and unburnable matter left after waste has gone through the combustion chamber in a waste combustion facility
687389812	Fly Ash	fine solid particles of ash that are carried into the air when fuel is combusted
687389813	Waste-to-Energy	the burning of waste in a controlled-environment incinerator to generate steam, heat, or electricity
687389814	Hazardous Waste	any material that can be harmful to human health or the environment if it is not properly disposed of
687389815	Superfund	the federal government's program to locate and investigate and clean up the worst uncontrolled and abandoned toxic waste sites nationawide
687389816	Brownfields	abandoned polluted industrial sites in central cities, many of which are today being cleaned and redeveloped
687389817	Life-cycle Analysis	a process that attempts to identify the effect a product has on resources over its entire lifetime
687389818	Integrated Waste Management	a combination of the best waste management techniques into a consolidated program to deal effectively with solid waste
687389819	E-waste	important, low by weight increasing, release toxic metals and other components