APES Week 05 Vocabulary Flashcards
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| 5065379386 | Leachate | Liquid that contains elevated levels of pollutants as a result of having passed through municipal solid waste (MSW) or contaminated soil. | 0 | |
| 5065379387 | Sanitary landfill | An engineered ground facility designed to hold municipal solid waste (MSW) with as little contamination of the surrounding environment as possible. | 1 | |
| 5065379388 | Tipping fee | A fee charged for disposing of material in a landfill or incinerator. | 2 | |
| 5065379389 | Landfill siting | The process of locating and getting a location approved to become a landfill | 3 | |
| 5065379390 | Incineration | The process of burning waste materials to reduce volume and mass, sometimes to generate electricity or heat. | 4 | |
| 5065379391 | Bottom ash | Residue collected at the bottom of the combustion chamber in a furnace. | 5 | |
| 5065379392 | Fly ash | The residue collected from the chimney or exhaust pipe of a furnace. | 6 | |
| 5065379393 | Waste-to-energy system | A system in which heat generated by incineration is used as an energy source rather than released into the atmosphere. | 7 | |
| 5065379394 | Hazardous waste | Waste material that is dangerous or potentially harmful to humans or ecosystems. | 8 | |
| 5065379395 | RCRA | An act to protect human health and the environment from the potential hazards of waste disposal, to conserve energy and natural resources, to reduce the amount of waste generated, and to ensure that wastes are managed in an environmentally sound manner | 9 | |
| 5065379396 | Superfund Act | The common name for CERCLA. | 10 | |
| 5065379397 | CERCLA | A United States federal law designed to clean up sites contaminated with hazardous substances as well as broadly define "pollutants or contaminants". | 11 | |
| 5065379398 | National Priorities List | Hazardous waste sites in the United States eligible for long-term remedial action (cleanup) financed under the federal Superfund program. | 12 | |
| 5065379399 | Brownfield | A former industrial or commercial site where future use is affected by real or perceived environmental contamination. | 13 | |
| 5065379400 | Life-cycle analysis | A systems tool that looks at the materials used and released throughout the manufacturing, use, and disposal of a product. | 14 | |
| 5065379401 | Integrated waste management | An approach to waste disposal that employs several waste reduction, management, and disposal strategies in order to reduce the environmental impact of MSW. | 15 |