Waste Management Glossary

Important definitions and terminologies used in Waste Management

A

  • Abandoned waste in Waste Management
  • Aerobic composting in Waste Management
  • Agro-industrial waste in Waste Management
  • Anaerobic digestion in Waste Management
  • Ash in Waste Management
  • Autoclaving in Waste Management

B

  • Baghouse in Waste Management
  • Baler in Waste Management
  • Basel Convention in Waste Management
  • Bin in Waste Management
  • Biodegradable in Waste Management
  • Biodegradable material in Waste Management
  • Biogas in Waste Management
  • Biomass in Waste Management
  • Biomedical waste in Waste Management
  • Bottom ash in Waste Management
  • Bulky waste in Waste Management

C

  • Carbon footprint in Waste Management
  • Cell in Waste Management
  • Chemical waste in Waste Management
  • Chemocar in Waste Management
  • Circular economy in Waste Management
  • Clean Development Mechanism in Waste Management
  • Cleaner production in Waste Management
  • Closed loop recycling in Waste Management
  • Closed-loop system in Waste Management
  • Co in Waste Management
  • Cogeneration in Waste Management
  • Collection in Waste Management
  • Combustibles in Waste Management
  • Combustion in Waste Management
  • Commingled Container in Waste Management
  • Commingled in Waste Management
  • Communal collection in Waste Management
  • Community composting in Waste Management
  • Compactor in Waste Management
  • Compactor vehicle in Waste Management
  • Composite liner in Waste Management
  • Compost in Waste Management
  • Compostables in Waste Management
  • Composting Facility in Waste Management
  • Composting in Waste Management
  • Construction and Demolition (C&D) Waste in Waste Management
  • Construction and demolition debris in Waste Management
  • Construction and demolition waste in Waste Management
  • Construction waste in Waste Management
  • Contamination in Waste Management
  • Controlled dump in Waste Management
  • Cradle-to-grave in Waste Management
  • Curbside collection in Waste Management
  • Curing in Waste Management

D

  • Decentralized waste management in Waste Management
  • Decomposition in Waste Management
  • Disposal in Waste Management
  • Diversion rate in Waste Management
  • Drop in Waste Management
  • Dump in Waste Management
  • Dumping in Waste Management
  • Dumpster in Waste Management

E

  • E-waste in Waste Management
  • Electronic or E-Waste in Waste Management
  • Electronic waste recycling in Waste Management
  • Emissions in Waste Management
  • End Destination Facility in Waste Management
  • End User in Waste Management
  • Energy recovery in Waste Management
  • Environmental impact assessment (EIA) in Waste Management
  • Environmental impact assessment in Waste Management
  • Environmental risk assessment (EnRA) in Waste Management
  • Extended producer responsibility in Waste Management

F

  • Fabric filter in Waste Management
  • Flaring in Waste Management
  • Fluidized in Waste Management
  • Fly ash in Waste Management
  • Fly-tipping in Waste Management
  • Food waste in Waste Management
  • Front Load Dumpster in Waste Management

G

  • Garbage in Waste Management
  • Gaylord in Waste Management
  • Global Reporting Initiative in Waste Management
  • Green Waste in Waste Management
  • Green waste. in Waste Management
  • Groundwater in Waste Management

H

  • Hauler or Collector in Waste Management
  • Hazardous waste in Waste Management
  • Hazardous waste management in Waste Management
  • Heavy metals in Waste Management
  • Household hazardous waste in Waste Management
  • Humus in Waste Management

I

  • In in Waste Management
  • Incineration in Waste Management
  • Industrial symbiosis in Waste Management
  • Industrial waste in Waste Management
  • Informal sector in Waste Management
  • Inorganic waste in Waste Management
  • Integrated solid waste management in Waste Management
  • Integrated waste management in Waste Management
  • International NGO in Waste Management
  • Itinerant waste buyer in Waste Management

L

  • Landfill gas in Waste Management
  • Landfill gases in Waste Management
  • Landfill in Waste Management
  • Landfilling in Waste Management
  • Leachate in Waste Management
  • Leachate pond in Waste Management
  • Life cycle analysis in Waste Management
  • Life cycle assessment in Waste Management
  • Lift in Waste Management
  • Liner in Waste Management
  • Lockbar in Waste Management

M

  • Manual landfill in Waste Management
  • Marine litter in Waste Management
  • Market waste in Waste Management
  • Mass in Waste Management
  • Material flow analysis in Waste Management
  • Material recovery facility in Waste Management
  • Material substitution in Waste Management
  • Materials recovery facility (MRF) in Waste Management
  • Materials recovery in Waste Management
  • Medical waste in Waste Management
  • Methane capture in Waste Management
  • Methane in Waste Management
  • Microenterprise in Waste Management
  • Microplastics in Waste Management
  • Mixed waste in Waste Management
  • Modular incinerator in Waste Management
  • Monofill in Waste Management
  • MSW in Waste Management
  • MSWM in Waste Management
  • Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) in Waste Management
  • Municipal solid waste in Waste Management
  • Municipal solid waste management in Waste Management
  • Municipal waste in Waste Management

N

  • NGO in Waste Management
  • Night soil in Waste Management
  • NIMBY in Waste Management
  • Non-biodegradable in Waste Management

O

  • Occupational health and safety in Waste Management
  • Old Corrugated Containers (OCC) in Waste Management
  • Open dump in Waste Management
  • Open dumping in Waste Management
  • Open-loop recycling in Waste Management
  • Organic waste in Waste Management
  • Organizational sustainability in Waste Management

P

  • Packaging waste in Waste Management
  • Paper recycling in Waste Management
  • Pathogen in Waste Management
  • Picker in Waste Management
  • Plastic Recycling Facility (PRF) in Waste Management
  • Plastic waste management in Waste Management
  • Polluter pays principle in Waste Management
  • Pollution control in Waste Management
  • Pollution in Waste Management
  • Pollution prevention in Waste Management
  • Post in Waste Management
  • Post-Consumer Food Waste in Waste Management
  • Post-Consumer Waste in Waste Management
  • Pre-Consumer Food Scraps in Waste Management
  • Pre-Consumer or Post-Industrial Waste in Waste Management
  • Primary material in Waste Management
  • Privatization in Waste Management
  • Processing in Waste Management
  • Producer responsibility in Waste Management
  • Product stewardship in Waste Management
  • Public participation in Waste Management
  • Putrescible in Waste Management
  • Pyrolysis in Waste Management

R

  • Radioactive waste in Waste Management
  • Recyclable Materials in Waste Management
  • Recyclable waste in Waste Management
  • Recyclables in Waste Management
  • Recycling in Waste Management
  • Recycling rate in Waste Management
  • Refuse in Waste Management
  • Refuse-derived fuel in Waste Management
  • Remanufacturing in Waste Management
  • Rendering in Waste Management
  • Residual waste in Waste Management
  • Resin Identification Code (RIC) in Waste Management
  • Resource conservation and recovery act in Waste Management
  • Resource recovery in Waste Management
  • Reuse in Waste Management
  • Reverse logistics in Waste Management
  • Roll-off or Open Top in Waste Management
  • Rubbish in Waste Management

S

  • Sanitary landfill in Waste Management
  • Scrubber in Waste Management
  • Secondary material in Waste Management
  • Secure Chemical Landfill in Waste Management
  • Secure landfill in Waste Management
  • Segregation in Waste Management
  • Septage in Waste Management
  • Set in Waste Management
  • Sewage sludge in Waste Management
  • Single Stream (SSR) or Mixed or Commingled Recycling in Waste Management
  • Single stream recycling in Waste Management
  • Site remediation in Waste Management
  • Solid waste in Waste Management
  • Solid waste management in Waste Management
  • Source reduction in Waste Management
  • Source separation in Waste Management
  • Special waste in Waste Management
  • Special wastes in Waste Management
  • Subsidy in Waste Management
  • Sustainability in Waste Management
  • Sustainable waste management in Waste Management
  • Swap Program in Waste Management

T

  • Textile recycling in Waste Management
  • Tipping fee in Waste Management
  • Tipping floor in Waste Management
  • Total waste management in Waste Management
  • Tote or Roll Cart in Waste Management
  • Toxics release inventory in Waste Management
  • Transfer in Waste Management
  • Transfer point in Waste Management
  • Transfer station in Waste Management
  • Transition countries in Waste Management

U

  • Universal Waste in Waste Management
  • Upcycling in Waste Management

V

  • Vectors in Waste Management
  • Vermiculture in Waste Management
  • Virgin materials in Waste Management

W

  • Waste audit in Waste Management
  • Waste avoidance in Waste Management
  • Waste Characterization in Waste Management
  • Waste characterization study in Waste Management
  • Waste classification in Waste Management
  • Waste collection in Waste Management
  • Waste collector in Waste Management
  • Waste dealer in Waste Management
  • Waste diversion in Waste Management
  • Waste Generation in Waste Management
  • Waste hierarchy in Waste Management
  • Waste in Waste Management
  • Waste management hierarchy in Waste Management
  • Waste minimization in Waste Management
  • Waste picker in Waste Management
  • Waste reduction in Waste Management
  • Waste Reduction or Minimization in Waste Management
  • Waste reduction target. in Waste Management
  • Waste stream in Waste Management
  • Waste transportation in Waste Management
  • Waste treatment in Waste Management
  • Waste-to-Energy Facility in Waste Management
  • Waste-to-energy in Waste Management
  • Waste-to-landfill in Waste Management
  • Waste-to-material in Waste Management
  • Waste-to-product in Waste Management
  • Waste-to-resource in Waste Management
  • Waste-to-soil in Waste Management
  • Waste-to-water in Waste Management
  • Water table in Waste Management
  • Wetland in Waste Management
  • Windrow in Waste Management
  • Worin castings in Waste Management
  • Working face in Waste Management
  • Worm culture in Waste Management

Y

  • Yard waste in Waste Management

Z

  • Zero waste in Waste Management
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