Waste management - England Golf

Glossary
LERAP
Licensed Site
Life Cycle Analysis/
Assessment (LCA)
Material Reclamation
Facility (MRF)
Mechanical Biological
Treatment (MBT)
Methane
Municipal Solid Waste (MSW)
Mulching
Non-inert Waste
Organic Matter
Ozone Depletion
Ozone Layer
Phone Directories
Local Environmental Risk Assessment for Pesticides.
A waste disposal or treatment facility, which is licensed under the Environmental
Protection Act (1990) for that function.
The systematic identification and evaluation of all of the benefits and dis-benefits
associated with a product or function through its entire life (‘cradle to grave’). This
can provide a basis for making strategic decisions on the ways in which particular
wastes in a given set of circumstances can be most effectively managed, in line with
the principles of Best Practicable Environmental Option, the waste hierarchy and the
proximity principle.
These are places where materials collected together in one bag for recycling are
sorted for reprocessing. A transfer station for the segregation and storage of
recyclable materials. Also sometimes known as Material Recycling Facility or
Materials Recovery Facility.
Systems consisting of a mechanical stage, where recyclables and rejects (batteries,
tyres, etc.) are separated to leave an organic fraction. This fraction is then sent, in the
biological stage, for treatment using composting and digestion techniques. These
systems provide a new generation of integrated waste management technology able
to reduce landfill and mass burn incineration and to increase recycling and
composting.
CH4, a naturally occurring greenhouse gas. Methane is emitted during the production
and transport of coal, natural gas and oil. Methane emissions also result from the
decomposition of organic wastes in landfills.
Solid waste that is collected by or on behalf of a local authority.
The natural and gradual decomposition of dead organic matter that has been evenly
distributed in a thin layer on the ground.
Waste that is active, that is, it does change or decompose.
Unwanted food waste, amenity vegetation and other biodegradable material. Organic
waste can prove very useful in helping fertilise the soil in our gardens by being made
into compost. By recycling as much organic matter into compost as possible, we can
dramatically reduce the amount of waste filling up our landfill sites. Organic waste is
a problem if sent to landfill, because it is impossible to separate from other waste
once mingled, and will rot producing methane, a greenhouse gas responsible for
global warming.
Is caused by the release of Ozone Depleting Substances such as CFCs and HCFCs,
which are used as refrigerants and insulation foam.
A naturally occurring layer of gas in the upper atmosphere which protects the earth
by filtering the sun’s ultraviolet (UV) radiation. Overexposure to UV rays can lead to
skin cancer, cataracts and a weakened immune system.
Phone directories with white pages can often be recycled with your newspapers and
magazines. Yellow pages however usually cannot be recycled with your normal paper
as the dyes within the paper are difficult to manage. Civic Amenity Sites will normally
have a designated point.
WASTE MANAGEMENT
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