APES Vocab Unit 9

A heavy, comparatively soft, malleable, bluish-gray metal, sometimes found in its natural state but usually combined as a sulfide, especially in galena

A heavy, silver-white, highly toxic metallic element, the only one that is liquid at room temperature; quicksilver: used in barometers, thermometers, pesticides, pharmaceutical preparations, reflecting surfaces of mirrors, and dental fillings, in certain switches, lamps, and other electric apparatus, and as a laboratory catalyst

Capable of decaying through the action of living organisms

Will NOT break down (or won't for many many years). Examples are plastics, metal and glass.

The processes involved in dealing with the waste of humans and organisms, including minimization, handling, processing, storage, recycling, transport, and final disposal

Views waste as a potential resource: Recycle, compost, or reuse. Also try to avoid contributing to the amount of hazardous waste

Creating a tax on plastic bags to discourage their use

The use of plants to extract heavy metals from contaminated soils and water

A process of decontaminating soil or water by using plants and trees to absorb or break down pollutants

Based on the retention of polymer metal complexes in aqueous solution according to their molecular size by using membrane filtration

A waste type consisting of everyday items that are discarded by the public

a type of waste produced by industrial activity, such as that of factories, mills and mines

A substance made from wood pulp, rags, straw, or other fibrous material, usually in thin sheets, used to bear writing or printing, for wrapping things, etc.

A waste type produced by the end consumer of a material stream; that is, where the waste-producing use did not involve the production of another product

Method of controlled disposal of refuse on land. The method was introduced in England in 1912 (where it is called controlled tipping) and involves natural fermentation brought about by microorganisms