Waste Management Crossword

any unwanted material or substance produced by organism’s activity or process
non-liquid waste that comes from homes, institutions, and small businesses
waste that comes from the production of consumer goods, mining, agriculture, and petroleum extraction and refining
solid or liquid waste that is toxic chemically reactive, flammable, or corrosive
a facility in which waste is buried in the ground or piled up in large, carefully engineered mounds
the liquid that forms in a landfill as trash dissolves in rain or snow; a source of groundwater contamination
a controlled process in which mixed garbage is burned at very high temperature
steps taken to lessen both the amount and toxicity of waste before a product or material becomes waste
able to decompose or break down naturally
the conversation of organic waste into mulch or humans through natural biological processes of decomposing
collecting materials that can be broken down and reprocessed to make new tires
a plant where collected recyclables are sorted and prepared for reprocessing
electronic equipment and appliances that are no longer being used; also called electronic waste
a shallow pit, often lined with plastic that is used to hold liquid or semisolid hazardous waste
a method of hazardous waste disposal in which the waste is pumped into a well that has been drilled deep beneath the water table; into porous rock
waste that gives off radiation that is harmful to humans and the environment
the U.S. government’s program to clean up hazardous waste sites