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| Superfund Act | allows the EPA to get involved with cleanup of hazardous waste sites that have been abandoned |
| Love Canal | chemicals buried in old canal; school and homes built over it; toxins leaked into soil and groundwater; caused birth defects, miscarriage's and cancer |
| integrated waste management | an approach to waste disposal that employs several waste reduction, management, and disposal strategies in order to reduce the environmental impact of MSW |
| hazardous waste | is any waste that is a risk to the health of humans or other living things. |
| leachate | is a liquid that has passed through compacted solid waste in a land fill. |
| sanitary landfill | a place that manages municipal solid waste to keep it from impacting the local environment |
| municipal solid waste | is the waste produced by households and businesses |
| solid waste | Any unwanted or discarded material that is not a liquid or a gas. |
| recycling | is the process of reusing materials or recovering valuable materials from waste or scrap. |
| compost | made from decomposed plant and animal matter that is spread on gardens and fields to enrich the soil |
| reuse | Involves using a resource over and over in the same form |
| agricultural waste | Waste from the raising of animals and harvesting and processing of crops and trees |
| biodegradable material | A substance that is broken down naturally in the environment by living organisms. Ex: food, paper, cardboard |
| Gyre | the large, circular surface-current pattern found in each ocean |
| microfiber | Superfine manufactured fiber, Made from polyester, nylon, rayon, and acrylic that can be separated from clothes in the washer and pollute waterways, bioaccumulate in animals and carry toxins. |
| microplastics | materials made of petroleum including bags and containers that do not break down in a landfill for hundreds of years and pollute the ocean. Microplastics (smaller than a sesame seed) are found in gyres called garbage patches |
| Incineration | The process of burning waste materials to reduce volume and mass, sometimes to generate electricity or heat |
| reduction | a waste management strategy targeted at reducing the amount of waste material created |
| methane | a gas produced by decomposing biodegradable waste that is collected and burned off at a sanitary landfill |
