| definition | word |
| any discarded material that is not liquid or gas | |
| solid waste produced by farms, mines, or industries that supply people with good/services | |
| combined waste from homes and workplaces | |
| waste which threatens human health or the environment because it is poisonous, dangerously chemically reactive, corrosive, or flammable | |
| attempting to control wastes in ways that reduce their environmental harm without trying to reduce the amount of waste | |
| producing less waste and pollution, or producing waste that could be recycled | |
| variety of coordinated strategies for both waste disposal and waste reduction | |
| materials are recycled into new products of the same type | |
| waste materials are converted into different products | |
| fields or holes in the ground where garbage is deposited and sometimes burned | |
| where solid wastes are spread out in thin layers, campacted, and covered daily with plastic or foam | |
| the science of discovering and using natural principals to help solve human principals | |