Across
- 7. anything that reduces waste by using less material in the first place.
- 9. a process that uses mainly microorganisms, plants, or microbial or plant enzymes to detoxify contaminants in the soil and other environments.
- 11. any garbage, sludge, or other discarded material from homes and businesses, and industrial, commercial, mining, agricultural or community activities.
- 12. involves the processes of waste collection, transportation, processing, as well as waste recycling or disposal.
- 13. a method of disposing waste on land without disturbing the environment and public health
- 14. the natural process of decomposition and recycling of organic material into a humus rich soil amendment known as compost.
- 15. when recyclable materials are mechanically processed to create a product that serves a similar function.
- 16. uses recycled materials to make a new product.
Down
- 1. a plant-based approach, which involves the use of plants to extract and remove elemental pollutants or lower their bioavailability in soil
- 2. more commonly known as trash or garbage—consists of everyday items we use and then throw away, such as product
- 3. a waste with properties that make it dangerous or capable of having a harmful effect on human health or the environment.J
- 4. a system for reducing, collecting, recycling and disposing of waste products generated by residential, institutional, commercial, and industrial land uses.
- 5. learning from and then emulating nature's forms, processes, and ecosystems to create more sustainable designs
- 6. a unit that is a natural topographical depression, man-made excavation, or diked area formed primarily of earthen materials
- 8. disposal of liquid wastes into a subsurface geological horizon
- 10. waste and pollution control waste that is generated by manufacturing or industrial processes and is not regulated by hazardous waste rules