Glossary - Definitions to words Flashcards
Necessary mechanic devices or tools
Indispensable gadgets
No laws have been passed to control it.
Unregulated
To separate people or items into groups on the basis of age, materials etc.
Segregate
A non-governmental organisation, any non-profit, voluntary citizen’s group which is organised on a local, national or international level.
NGO
Conversion of waste into reusable material.
Recycling
Out of date - no longer produced or able to be used
Obsolete
Waste products that are harmful to people’s health and to the natural environment
Hazardous
Associated with the nerves or nervous system
Neurological
The highest degree awarded by a university faculty
Doctorate
Goods sent out of a country for sale
Exports
Against the law
Illegal
Machinery and equipment, designed using scientific knowledge for practical purposes.
Technology
Take to pieces.
Dismantle
Metals that are considered to be rare/have high economic value (e.g. gold, silver, platinum)
Precious metals
An agreement between different countries. Not as formal as a treaty
International Convention
Any broken or unwanted electrical appliance
E-Waste
Poisonous
Toxic
Something that people can use
Resource
Looking after and using the earth in a way that allows it natural environment, societies, and economies to continue into the future so that future generations can use them while providing for the needs or people today.
Sustainability
The way people understand things
Perspectives
Goods brought into a country to be sold.
Imports
To make officially valid
Ratify
Parts something is made of
Components
Gain something in exchange for money
Redeem
Less economically developed country
LEDC
More economically developed country
MEDC
To burn up
Incineration
A formal and ratified agreement between countries
Treaty
Compulsory
Mandatory
Get rid of
Eliminate
Looking at the whole of something
Holistic
New ideas or products
Innovation
Weigh up or assess
Evaluate
Cathode Ray Tube
CRT
Where people work in jobs that are taxed and pay levies to the Government.
Formal sector
Where people work in jobs that are not taxed, monitored by the Government in any way and that are not counted as part of the country’s economic output.
Informal sector
Something where there are different points of view
Issue
Everyone accepts responsibility for the environmental effects of products from the time they are produced until the end of their useful life and disposal.
Product Stewardship
Give reasons to support an action
Justify
The amount of productive land needed on average to support each person for food, water, transport, housing, waste management and other purposes.
Ecological footprint
Pass laws to control something
Regulate
About people and society
Social
Rubbish dump
Landfill
People who buy and use a product
Consumers
People who make a product.
Producers
