Trash-to-Energy Plants
Power plants that incinerate waste in order to produce electricity. Those who defend trash-to-energy plants claim that the system converts solid waste into renewable energy which is good for the environment.
Trash: Material considered worthless or offensive that is thrown away. Generally defined as dry waste material, but in common usage it is a synonym for garbage, rubbish, or refuse.
Trash-to-Energy Plan: Burning trash to produce energy.
trash - waste material that cannot be recycled and reused (synonymous with garbage).
Trash: Material considered worthless, unnecessary or offensive that is usually thrown away. In common usage, it is a synonym for garbage, rubbish or refuge.
Trash decomposes (or rots) in landfills, creating methane gas.
Methane rises to the top of the landfill and is collected in pipes.
The methane is burned to produce heat or generate electricity.
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TRASH RACK
Grill, grate or other device at the intake of a channel, pipe, drain or spillway for the purpose of preventing oversized debris from entering the structure.
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Common garbage or trash generated by industries, businesses, institutions, and homes.
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Many of us believe that all of our trash degrades by some natural mechanism after it has been taken to the landfill or enters the natural environment. It's true that many things that we dispose of are recycled back into the environment.
Often, the best starting point is the maintenance folks"the ones who deal with trash removal. They'll likely be the ones who implement paper recycling, so they'll need to be involved early on.
trash in a landfill), and seep up through soils or migrate through underground piping to the surface.
compost : Decomposed organic material that is produced when bacteria in soil break down garbage and biodegradable trash, making organic fertilizer. Making compost requires turning and mixing and exposing the materials to air.
Mixture of organic garbage and degradable trash with soil, in which bacteria in the soil break down the garbage and trash into organic fertiliser.
Definition source
United Nations. Glossary of environment statistics.
toxic waste: Toxic waste is trash that can harm or kill living things, including people. Often chemicals, it can be also medical waste.
treaty: A treaty is a signed agreement between two or more countries.
COMPOST A mixture of garbage, degradable trash and soil in which bacteria in the soil break down the mixture into a soil conditioner (not a fertilizer). It has high organic content but low nitrogen.
CONC Concrete.
Areas filled with earth, or earth and trash mixed, usually by or under the control of man. A miscellaneous land type.
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Mandatory Recycling- Programs which by law require consumers to separate trash so that some or all recyclable materials are recovered for recycling rather than going to landfills.
Mil: A measure of thickness usually describing vinyl wear layers, plastic film, trash bags, or liners. One mil equals on one-thousandth (1/1000) of an inch.
Tony Hawk- World Champion pro skateboarder. The first "Don't Trash California" spokesperson for Keep California Beautiful.
The relatively stable humus material that is produced from a composting process in which bacteria in soil mixed with garbage and degradable trash break down the mixture into organic fertilizer.
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refuse Something that is discarded as worthless or useless; rubbish, trash, garbage, or other solid wastes.
Urban Stream: A stream passing through urbanized area. Impacted by urban stormwater runoff; often channelized; sometimes trashed. Usually an excellent candidate for rehabilitation.
Electronic Waste - Commonly referred to as recycled. Many states have outlawed throwing e-waste in the trash because it contains hazardous materials.
to the most effective measures (according to EPA guidance) for controlling small or dispersed particulates and other emissions from sources such as roadway dust, soot and ash from woodstoves and open burning of rush, timber, grasslands, or trash.
Programs which by law require consumers to separate trash so that some or all recyclable materials are recovered for recycling rather than going to landfills.
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 See also: Waste, Environment, Environmental, Reduce, Water
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