Waste Flashcards
Energy from waste
Electricity and heat produced when general waste is safely burned at high temps and under careful ply controlled conditions
Incineration
Thermal treatment of waste
Industrialisation
Process by which an economy is transformed from primarily agricultural to one based on the manufacturing of goods
Inorganic waste
Material that is non-biodegradable
Landfill
The disposal of waste by burying it
Leachates
Toxic waste water containing arsenic, lead, solvents and other contaminants
Leached from illegal dumps and landfill
MSW - municipal solid waste
Rubbish
Organic waste
Material that is biodegradable and comes from either plant or animal
Recovery (2)
Selective extraction of disposed materials for a specific next use
Recycling, composting or energy generation
Reuse
The action of using something again
Urbanisation
Increase in the proportion of a country’s population that lives in towns and cities
Waste stream
The complete flow of water from its source through to recovery, recycling or disposal
