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A subdiscipline of chemistry in which commercially important chemical processes are redesigned to significantly reduce environmental harm.

A discarded chemical that threatens human health or the environment.

A combination of the best waste management techniques into a consolidated program to deal effectively with solid waste.

A large furnace that burns all solid waste except for un-burnable items such as refrigerators.

Solid materials discarded by homes, offices, stores, restaurants, schools, hospitals, prisons, libraries, and other commercial and institutional facilities.

Solid waste generated by industry, agriculture, and mining.

The most common disposal site for solid waste, where waste is compacted and buried under a shallow layer of soil.

An aspect of waste management in which products are designed and manufactured in ways that decrease the amount of solid and hazardous waste in the solid waste stream.