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Bottom ash
Bottom ash is part of the non-combustible residue of combustion in a power plant, boiler, furnace or incinerator. In an industrial context, it has traditionally referred to coal combustion and comprises traces of combustibles embedded in forming clinkers and sticking to hot side walls of a coal-burning furnace during its operation. The portion of the ash that escapes up the chimney or stack is, however, referred to as fly ash. The clinkers fall by themselves into the bottom hopper of a coal-burning furnace and are cooled.
Tri des déchets
vignette|Bornes de tri des déchets, en Suisse. Le tri des déchets et la collecte sélective sont des actions consistant à séparer et récupérer les déchets selon leur nature, à la source, pour éviter les contacts et les souillures. Ceci permet de leur donner une « seconde vie », le plus souvent par le réemploi et le recyclage, évitant ainsi leur simple destruction par incinération ou abandon en décharge et permettant par conséquent de réduire l'empreinte écologique des déchets.
Illegal dumping
Illegal dumping, also called fly dumping or fly tipping (UK), is the dumping of waste illegally instead of using an authorized method such as curbside collection or using an authorized rubbish dump. It is the illegal deposit of any waste onto land, including waste dumped or tipped on a site with no license to accept waste. The United States Environmental Protection Agency developed a “profile” of the typical illegal dumper.
Glass recycling
Glass recycling is the processing of waste glass into usable products. Glass that is crushed or imploded and ready to be remelted is called cullet. There are two types of cullet: internal and external. Internal cullet is composed of defective products detected and rejected by a quality control process during the industrial process of glass manufacturing, transition phases of product changes (such as thickness and color changes) and production offcuts. External cullet is waste glass that has been collected or reprocessed with the purpose of recycling.
Kerbside collection
Kerbside collection or curbside collection is a service provided to households, typically in urban and suburban areas, of collecting and disposing of household waste and recyclables. It is usually accomplished by personnel using specially built vehicles to pick up household waste in containers that are acceptable to, or prescribed by, the municipality and are placed on the kerb. Before the 20th century, the amount of waste produced by a household was relatively small.
Mechanical biological treatment
A mechanical biological treatment (MBT) system is a type of waste processing facility that combines a sorting facility with a form of biological treatment such as composting or anaerobic digestion. MBT plants are designed to process mixed household waste as well as commercial and industrial wastes. The terms mechanical biological treatment or mechanical biological pre-treatment relate to a group of solid waste treatment systems.
Récupération de déchets
La récupération des déchets est une des activités de la gestion des déchets qui, sans faire partie des trois R, contribue à la fin de vie des produits. La récupération des déchets consiste à les séparer des autres déchets avant qu'ils n'arrivent à leur traitement final. vignette|Véhicule de collecte des déchets, un rickshaw, autour de Dacca, la capitale du Bangladesh (mars 020).
Poubelle
vignette|Poubelle à roulettes individuelle, classique au début du . Une poubelle est un récipient destiné à accueillir les déchets. La poubelle doit son nom au préfet de la Seine, Eugène Poubelle qui imposa l'usage de ce récipient à ordures d'immeuble en 1884. vignette|gauche|180px|Eugène Poubelle, inventeur de la poubelle à la fin du . Le , sous la , le préfet de la Seine, Eugène Poubelle, signe un arrêté préfectoral relatif à l'enlèvement des ordures ménagères, pour lutter contre l'entassement des déchets dans les rues de la région parisienne.
Index of waste management articles
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Biodegradable plastic
Biodegradable plastics are plastics that can be decomposed by the action of living organisms, usually microbes, into water, carbon dioxide, and biomass. Biodegradable plastics are commonly produced with renewable raw materials, micro-organisms, petrochemicals, or combinations of all three. While the words "bioplastic" and "biodegradable plastic" are similar, they are not synonymous. Not all bioplastics (plastics derived partly or entirely from biomass) are biodegradable, and some biodegradable plastics are fully petroleum based.