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were mixed with the combustible material.<br />

Also see inherent ash (1)<br />

EXTRUDER<br />

a machine producing a densified product<br />

by forcing the material under pressure,<br />

through a die, into the desired shapes or<br />

form. (1)<br />

FACULTATIVE<br />

able to live and grow with or without free<br />

oxygen. (1)<br />

FERROUS METALS<br />

metals that are derived from iron. They can<br />

be removed using large magnets at separation<br />

facilities. (7)<br />

FERROUS<br />

pertaining to or derived from iron. (I)<br />

FILL deposits made by man of natural soils<br />

and/or waste materials. See Sanitary<br />

Landfill. (1)<br />

FILTER BAG<br />

a device designed to remove particles from<br />

a carrier gas or air by passage of the gas<br />

through a porous (fabric) medium. (I)<br />

FLINT GLASS CULLET<br />

a particulate glass material that contains<br />

no more than 0.1 weight YO Fe03 or<br />

0.0015 weight % Cr203 as determined by<br />

chemical analysis. (1)<br />

FLINT GLASS<br />

a lead-containing colorless glass. (1)<br />

FLOW CONTROL<br />

a legal or economic means by which waste<br />

is directed to particular destinations. For<br />

example, an ordinance requiring that<br />

certain wastes be sent to a combustion<br />

facility is waste flow control. (7)<br />

FLUE DUST<br />

solid particles carried in the products of<br />

combustion. (1)<br />

FLUE GAS WASHER OR SCRUBBER<br />

equipment for removing objectionable constituents<br />

from the products of combustion<br />

by means of spray, wet baffles, etc. (1)<br />

FLUE GAS<br />

exhaust gas from a combustion process.<br />

(1)<br />

FLY ASH (flyash)<br />

small, solid particles of ash and soot generated<br />

when coal, oil, or waste materials<br />

88 Environmental Packaging <strong>Guidelines</strong><br />

are burned. Fly ash is suspended in the<br />

flue gas afler combustion and is removed<br />

by the pollution control equipment. (7)<br />

FLY ASH COLLECTOR<br />

equipment for removing fly ash<br />

(particulates) from the combustion gases<br />

prior to their discharge to the atmosphere.<br />

(1)<br />

FOOD WASTE<br />

animal and vegetable waste resulting from<br />

the handling, storage, preparation, cooking<br />

and serving of foods; commonly called<br />

garbage. (1)<br />

FRONT-END RECOVERY<br />

mechanical processing of as-discarded<br />

solid wastes into separate constituents.<br />

See back-end system (1)<br />

FRONT-END SYSTEM OR PROCESS<br />

size reduction, separation and/or physical<br />

modification of solid wastes to afford practical<br />

use or reuse. (1)<br />

FURAN<br />

general term applied to any of over 200<br />

structurally related chlorinated compounds,<br />

the most toxic of which is 2,3.7,8 -<br />

tetrachlorodibenzo - furan (TCDF), thought<br />

to be one- tenth as toxic as (TCDD)<br />

FURNISH<br />

A form or collection of raw material or<br />

components for use in the manufacture of<br />

subsequent products.<br />

GARBAGE<br />

spoiled or waste food that is thrown away,<br />

generally defined as wet food waste. It is<br />

used as a general term for all products discarded.<br />

(7)<br />

GASES. COMBUSTION<br />

gases resulting from combustion which<br />

may contain water vapor and excess or<br />

dilution air in addition to CO2, and soot particles.<br />

(I)<br />

GASIFICATION<br />

the process whereby carbonaceous solid<br />

or liquid matter is converted to gases, e.g.,<br />

carbon dioxide, methane, or ammonia. (I)<br />

GENERATION, refuse<br />

the act or process of producing solid<br />

waste. (I)

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