Glossary

Decay Products

Degraded radioactive materials, often referred to as "daughters" or "progeny"; radon decay products of most concern from a public health standpoint are polonium-214 and polonium-218."

Acceptable intake (for subchronic and chronic exposure)

Acclimatization

Accumulation of Waste

Acid Deposition

Activated Carbon

Activated sludge

Active Ingredient

Acute Hazardous Waste

Additive Effect

Administrative Order

Adverse health effects

Affected Public

Airborne Particulates

Alluvial deposit

American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH)

Applicable or Relevant and Appropriate Requirements (ARARs)

Automated Vacuum Waste Collection System

Best Demonstrated Available Technology (BDAT)

Boiler (Wheelabrator)

Brownfield Development

Carbon Monoxide (CO)

Carcinogenicity

Characteristic Waste

Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD)

Chemical Waste Management (CWM)

Chronic Exposure

Chronic Toxicity

Closed Site (Landfill)

Commercial Customer

Commercial Waste

Construction and Demolition (C&D)

Contingency Plan

Controlled Environment

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Corrective Action Program

Decontamination

Dermal Toxicity

Development Effects

Dose Equivalent

Drop-Off Box Or Center

Electrical Switches

Electronic Devices

Electronic Waste

Electronic Waste Recycling Act Of 2003

Emission Control Equipment (Wheelabrator)

Environmental Exposure

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Evaporation Rate

Extremely Hazardous Substance (EHS)

Extremely Hazardous Waste

Fluorescent Lamps And Tubes

Fluorocarbons (FCs)

Greenfield Development

Greenhouse Effect

Hazard Communication Standard

Hazard Evaluation

Hazard Identification

Hazardous Chemical

Hazardous Material

Hazardous Ranking System

Hazardous Substance

Hazardous Waste

Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER)

Hazards Analysis

Hazards Identification

Health Education

Health Outcome Data

Household Waste (Domestic Waste)

Human Equivalent Dose

Human Health Risk

Hydrogen Peroxide

Incident Command Post

Incident Command System (ICS)

Incident Commander

Incompatible Waste

Industrial Waste

Infectious Waste

Infiltration Rate

Integrated Waste Management

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Kinetic EnergyKinetic Energy

Landfill Footprint

Landfill, Construction & Demolition (C&D)

Landfill, Hazardous Waste

Landfill, Municipal Solid Waste (Msw)

Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA)

Management Plan

Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)

Materials Recovery Facility (Mrf)

Mercury Added Novelties

Mercury Thermometers

Methane Gas Plant

Microbial Growth

Microwave Disinfection System

Minimal Risk Level (MRL)

Mixed Waste (MW)

Molecular Weight

Municipal Solid Waste (MSW)

Mutagen/ Mutagenicity

National Fire Protection Association (NEPA)

Nitric Oxide (NO)

Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2)

Nitrogen Oxide (NOx)

Non-Empty Aerosol Cans That Contain Hazardous Materials

Occupational Hazards

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

Operation and Maintenance

Organic Compound

Permissible Dose

Permissible Exposure Limits (PEL)

Pharmaceutical Waste

Physical and Chemical Treatment

Pollution Prevention

Population at Risk

Postconsumer Content

Postmanufacture Content

Public Health Advisory

Public Health Hazard

No result found.

Radioactive Waste

Reasonable Maximum Exposure

Recycle America Alliance (RAA)

Regulated Medical Waste (RMW)

Regulated Waste

Risk Assessment

Risk Management

Route of Exposure

SB 14 (Senate Bill 14)

Secondary Material

Source Reduction

Specific Gravity

Spent Materials

Stoker (Wheelabrator)

Sulfur Dioxide (SO2)

Threshold Level

Threshold Limit Value (TLV)

Toxic Substance

Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure (TCLP)

Transfer Station

Transportation of Hazardous Waste

Treatability Group

Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facilities (TSDF)

Turbine Generator (Wheelabrator)

Ultraviolet Rays

Universal Waste

Ventilation/ Suction

Vermicomposting

Volatile Liquid