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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

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