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21body waste — noun waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body • Syn: ↑excretion, ↑excreta, ↑excrement, ↑excretory product • Hypernyms: ↑waste, ↑waste material, ↑waste matter, ↑ …
22toxic waste — noun poisonous waste materials; can cause injury (especially by chemical means) • Syn: ↑toxic industrial waste • Hypernyms: ↑waste, ↑waste material, ↑waste matter, ↑waste product * * * toxic waste UK US …
23toxic industrial waste — noun poisonous waste materials; can cause injury (especially by chemical means) • Syn: ↑toxic waste • Hypernyms: ↑waste, ↑waste material, ↑waste matter, ↑waste product …
24food waste — noun food that is discarded (as from a kitchen) • Syn: ↑garbage, ↑refuse, ↑scraps • Hypernyms: ↑waste, ↑waste material, ↑waste matter, ↑waste product …
25Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter — London Convention signatories The Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter 1972, commonly called the London Convention or LC 72555 and also barbie abbreviated as Marine Dumping, is an agreement to… …
26Organic matter — Other meanings can be found at Biological material Organic matter (or organic material, Natural Organic Matter, or NOM) is matter that has come from a once living organism; is capable of decay, or the product of decay; or is composed of organic… …
27Radioactive waste — 2007 ISO radioactivity danger logo, designed in part for long term radioactive waste depositories which might survive into a far future time in which all knowledge of the meaning of present common radiation danger symbols and signs has been lost… …
28Zero waste — is a philosophy that aims to guide people in the redesign of their resource use system with the aim of reducing waste to zero. Put simply, zero waste is an idea to extend the current ideas of recycling to form a circular system where as much… …
29List of waste management acronyms — The following article contains a list of acronyms used in the waste management industry. [ [http://www.ciwm.co.uk/mediastore/FILES/11384.doc Waste management jargonyms] CIWM website, Accessed 9/11/06] [ [http://www.environment… …
302006 Côte d'Ivoire toxic waste dump — A truck full of garbage on the streets of Abidjan. Much of Trafigura s toxic waste was dumped in large open areas in the poor suburbs of the city The 2006 Côte d Ivoire toxic waste dump was a health crisis in Côte d Ivoire in which a ship… …
