Glossary of Waste 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
- 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
P
Q
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