Waste management - England Golf

Glossary
Hazardous Waste
Heavy Metals
Incineration
Inert Waste
Inorganic
Integrated Waste
Management
ISO 14001
Landfill
Landfill Gas
Landfill Sites
Landfill Tax
Leachate
Leaching
Waste materials that when improperly managed may pose a substantial threat to
human health or the environment. Hazardous materials include ni-cad batteries, oilbased
paint, used motor oil and other automotive fluids, electronics, many pesticides,
pool chemicals, solvents, fertilisers, fluorescent lamps and wood preservatives.
Usually referred to as ‘special waste’, it has been controlled in the UK under the
Special Waste Regulations (1996). These were reviewed in 2001, because the
definition of special waste failed to meet the requirements of the EC Directive on
hazardous waste.
Elements, including cadmium, mercury, lead and arsenic which may be found in the
waste stream as part of discarded items (batteries, lighting fixtures, colorants, ink).
Normally refers to the controlled burning of waste in the presence of sufficient air to
achieve complete combustion. Energy is usually recovered in the form of electric
power and/or heat. The emissions are controlled under EU Directive 2000/76/EC.
This Directive also applies to other thermal treatment processes such as pyrolysis
and gasification, so the term incineration may be applied to a wider range of thermal
waste treatment processes.
Waste that is not active, that is, it does not decompose or otherwise change.
Refers to small molecules that contain no carbon.
Involves a number of key elements, including: recognising each step in the waste
management process as part of a whole, involving all key players in the decisionmaking
process and utilising a mixture of waste management options within the
locally determined sustainable waste management system.
The international environmental management system standard. It was published in
1996 and is designed to help organisations put in place the necessary structures to
ensure that their operations comply with environmental laws and that major
environmental risks and liabilities are properly identified, minimised and managed.
The method of disposing of waste by burying it under the ground.
Landfill gas is naturally produced by anaerobic processes inside a landfill. Methods of
collecting landfill gas depend upon the design of a particular landfill. A recent
alternative to the two methods of deriving energy from waste through the direct
combustion of the organic material is the collection and combustion of “landfill gas”.
Each tonne of Municipal Solid Waste produces about 70 cubic metres of landfill gas.
Areas of land in which waste is deposited and are licensed facilities. Often these sites
are located in disused quarries or mines. In areas where there are limited or no
ready-made voids, the practice of landraising is sometimes carried out, where some
or all of the waste is deposited above ground, and the landscape is contoured.
A tax intended to address the environmental costs of landfilling by encouraging the
diversion of waste from landfill.
Liquid drained from a landfill and collected in a leachate pond.
Process by which soluble materials are dissolved and carried through the soil by a
percolating liquid.
WASTE MANAGEMENT
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