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Glossary of Waste Industry Terms
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[O - Q]
O
Ocean Disposal
Offal
Office Paper
Oligotrophic
On-site Inspector
Open Burning
Open Dump
Operational Changes
Organic
Organic Chemical
Organic Material (Organic Waste)
Organism
Outfall
Overlay Maps
Oxidizer
Ozone (O3)
Ozone Depletion
P
Paper Stock
Paperboard
Particulate
particulate matter (PM)
Passive Venting
Pathogenic Waste
Pathogens
PCBs
Perc Test
Percolate
Percolation
Perforator/flattener
Permeability
Permeable Pipe
Persistence (i.e., Chemical Persistence)
Persistence Time
Person
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Pesticides
pH
pH Scale
Phase Diagram
Phasing
Phosphate
Photodegradable
Photosynthesis
Phytoplankton
Phytotoxic
Pilot Program
Plasticizer
Plastics Recycling Symbol
Plastics Waste
Platform / Pit Noncompaction Station
Plume
Point Source Air Emissions
Point Source Pollution
Pollutant
Pollutant Standard Index
Pollute
Pollution
Pollution Control Technologies
Pollution Measurement
Pollution Prevention
Polychlorinated Biphenyls
Polyethylene Teraphthalate (PET)
Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs)
Polypropylene (PP)
Polysaccharides
Polystyrene (PS)
Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC)
Post Consumer Material
Post Industrial Material
Post-closure Care
Post-consumer Recycling
Post-Consumer Waste
POTWs (Publicly Owned Treatment Works)
PPB
Pre-Consumer Waste
Precycle
Precycling
Pretreatment
Primary Leachate
Primary Treatment
Priority Pollutants
Process Changes
Product Changes
Product Disposal Tax
Profundal Community
Psychrophilic Bacteria
Public Health Service
Public Nuisance
Putrescible
Pyrolysis
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