Minimization

Hazardous Waste Minimization
Reducing the amount of toxicity or waste produced by a facility via source reduction or environmentally sound recycling.
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Minimization
A comprehensive program to minimize or eliminate wastes, usually applied to wastes at their point of origin. (See> waste minimization.)
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minimization : Measures or techniques that reduce the amount of wastes generated during industrial production processes; this term also is applied to recycling and other efforts to reduce the volume of waste going to landfills.

Waste minimization The elimination or reduction of a waste prior to its generation. This is accomplished by process changes rather than waste treatment methods.
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Fundamental rules incorporated in national regulations concerned with the process of effective organization of production and ensuring standards of defined quality at all stages of production, distribution and marketing.
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See also: Waste, Waste minimization, Environment, Water, Recycling