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