Earth Day Event

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Across
  1. 2. Unwanted or unusable materials
  2. 3. Harmful materials in the air and water
  3. 5. Much of it ends up in landfills, where it may take up to 1,000 years to degrade, leaching potentially toxic substances into the soil and water
  4. 8. Well-engineered and managed facilities for the disposal of solid waste
  5. 13. Beehive located on the 5th floor patio at the Head Office facility
  6. 15. To separate or resolve into constituent parts or elements
  7. 16. The surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates
  8. 17. The ability to do work
  9. 18. A vehicle that can be powered by an electric motor that draws electricity from a battery and is capable of being charged from an external source.
  10. 20. A material that is easily recyclable
Down
  1. 1. The release of greenhouse gases and/or their precursors into the atmosphere over a specified area and period of time
  2. 4. The act of taking something no longer in use and giving it a second life and new function
  3. 6. Used to refer to a product that can be used once and is then thrown away
  4. 7. Uncleanness, impurity
  5. 9. Recovery and reprocessing of waste materials for use in new products
  6. 10. A controlled, aerobic (oxygen-required) process that converts organic materials into a nutrient-rich soil amendment or mulch through natural decomposition.
  7. 11. The colour associated with being environmentally friendly
  8. 12. Chemically poisonous
  9. 14. The ability to operate profitably over a long period of time
  10. 19. Consists of land, air, water and life