APES Vocab Unit 9

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Lead
A heavy, comparatively soft, malleable, bluish-gray metal, sometimes found in its natural state but usually combined as a sulfide, especially in galena
Mercury
A heavy, silver-white, highly toxic metallic element, the only one that is liquid at room temperature; quicksilver: used in barometers, thermometers, pesticides, pharmaceutical preparations, reflecting surfaces of mirrors, and dental fillings, in certain switches, lamps, and other electric apparatus, and as a laboratory catalyst
Biodegradable
Capable of decaying through the action of living organisms
Nonbiodegradable
Will NOT break down (or won't for many many years). Examples are plastics, metal and glass.
Waste management
The processes involved in dealing with the waste of humans and organisms, including minimization, handling, processing, storage, recycling, transport, and final disposal
Low waste approach
Views waste as a potential resource: Recycle, compost, or reuse. Also try to avoid contributing to the amount of hazardous waste
Fee-per-bag
Creating a tax on plastic bags to discourage their use
Bioremediation
The use of plants to extract heavy metals from contaminated soils and water
Phytoremediation
A process of decontaminating soil or water by using plants and trees to absorb or break down pollutants
Chemoremediation
Based on the retention of polymer metal complexes in aqueous solution according to their molecular size by using membrane filtration
Municipal waste
A waste type consisting of everyday items that are discarded by the public
Industrial waste
a type of waste produced by industrial activity, such as that of factories, mills and mines
Paper
A substance made from wood pulp, rags, straw, or other fibrous material, usually in thin sheets, used to bear writing or printing, for wrapping things, etc.
Postconsumer waste
A waste type produced by the end consumer of a material stream; that is, where the waste-producing use did not involve the production of another product
Sanitary landfill
Method of controlled disposal of refuse on land. The method was introduced in England in 1912 (where it is called controlled tipping) and involves natural fermentation brought about by microorganisms