Repositories for solid waste, including landfills and combustors intended for permanent containment or destruction of …
Mais »Masonry Layout
Disposal
Final placement or destruction of toxic, radioactive, or other wastes; surplus or banned pesticides or …
Mais »Destruction Facility
A facility that destroys regulated medical waste. SOURCE: http://www.epa.gov/OCEPAterms/dterms.html
Mais »Destroyed Medical Waste
Regulated medical waste that has been ruined, torn apart, or mutilated through thermal treatment, melting, …
Mais »Destination Facility
The facility to which regulated medical waste is shipped for treatment and destruction, incineration, and/or …
Mais »Designer Bugs
term for microbes developed through biotechnology that can degrade specific toxic chemicals at their source …
Mais »Demand-side Waste Management
Prices whereby consumers use purchasing decisions to communicate to product manufacturers that they prefer environmentally …
Mais »Deep-Well Injection
Deposition of raw or treated, filtered hazardous waste by pumping it into deep wells, where …
Mais »Drop-off
Recyclable materials collection method in which individuals bring them to a designated collection site. SOURCE: …
Mais »Digestion
The biochemical decomposition of organic matter, resulting in partial gasification, liquefaction, and mineralization of pollutants. …
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