Glossary of Waste Terms
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- Tailings
- Tailings Dam
- Tankage
- Tell
- Teratogen
- Test Linerboard
- Test Pit
- Thermal Pollution
- Thermophilic Bacteria
- Thermophilic Microorganisms
- Thermoplastics
- Thermosets
- Tilth
- Tin Can
- Tipping Fee
- Tipping Floor
- Total Dissolved Solids
- Total Suspended Solids
- Toxic
- Toxic Release Inventory (TRI)
- Toxic Substances Control Act
- Toxic Waste
- Toxicity
- Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure
- Transfer Station
- Trash
- Trash Compactor
- Trickling Filter
- Trommel
- Trophic Status
- Tub Grinder
- Turbidity
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- Underground Storage Tanks (USTs)
- Unstable Area
- Urban Runoff
- Vadose Zone
- Vapor
- Vapor Recovery System
- Vector
- Ventilation
- Vermicomposting, Vermiculture
- Vertical Expansion
- Very Small Quantity Generator (VSQG)
- Virgin Material
- Visual Pollution
- Volatile
- Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC)
- Volatilization
- Volume Reduction
- Volume-based Fees
- Waste
- Waste Audit
- Waste Combustion
- Waste Exchange
- Waste Management Boundary
- Waste Recycling
- Waste Reduction
- Waste Stream
- Waste To Energy Incineration
- Waste-to-Energy System (WTE)
- Wastewater
- Wastewater Recycling
- Water Balance
- Water Density
- Water Environment Federation
- Water Filters
- Water Pollution
- Water Table
- Waters of the State
- Watershed
- Waterwall Incinerator
- Wet Scrubber
- Wet/Dry Collection Systems
- Wetlands
- White Goods
- Windrow
- Wood Waste
- Working Face
- Worldwatch Institute