Across
- 3. properties contaminated with hazardous substances that undergo management and cleanup by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
- 8. The introduction of dangerous chemicals, disease, or infectious materials.
- 10. Water above the surface of the land, including lakes, rivers, streams, ponds, floodwater, and runoff.
- 13. meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
- 14. process in which materials are recycled into new products of the same type—turning used aluminum cans into new aluminum cans, for example.
Down
- 1. an area or ridge of land that provides water flowing to rivers, basins, or seas within the area.
- 2. water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers that can be accessed by wells.
- 4. process in which waste materials are converted into different products; for example, used tires can be shredded and turned into rubberized road surfacing.
- 5. The process of burning waste materials to reduce volume and mass, sometimes to generate electricity or heat
- 6. Any material or substance which is eliminated or discarded as it is no longer useful or required.
- 7. pollution that comes from a specific site
- 9. a process that allows the organic material in solid waste to be decomposed and reintroduced into the soil, often as fertilizer.
- 10. government payment to encourage or protect a certain economic activity
- 11. The condition of producing adverse bodily effects due to poisonous qualities.
- 12. a place to dispose of refuse and other waste material by burying it and covering it over with soil, especially as a method of filling in or extending usable land.