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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Waste Minimization: Measures or techniques that reduce the amount of wastes generated during industrial production processes; term is also applied to recycling and other efforts to reduce the amount of waste going into the waste stream.
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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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: A comprehensive program to minimize or eliminate wastes, usually applied to wastes at their point of origin. (see Waste Minimization) ...
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. This term is interchangeable with waste reduction and waste minimization.
 See also: Waste, Minimization, Recycling, Reduction, Hazard
  
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