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Solid Waste Public Involvement and Education

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  • R. A. Meyers (ed.), Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology, © Springer Science+Business Media LLC 2018

Glossary

Environmental education:

Process in which individuals gain awareness of their environment and acquire knowledge, skills, values, and experiences to solve present and future environmental problems, including solid waste minimization.

Municipal solid waste:

A waste type that includes predominantly household and commercial wastes collected by a municipality within a given area. They are in either solid or semisolid form and generally exclude industrial hazardous wastes.

Public involvement:

The full range of activities utilized by an organization to engage the public in the decision-making process.

Recycling:

The act of processing used or abandoned materials for use in creating new products.

Source reduction:

Refers to any change in the design, manufacture, purchase, or use of materials or products (including packaging) to reduce their amount or toxicity before they become municipal solid waste.

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  1. Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering Department, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA

    Matthew J. Franchetti

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  1. Earth and Environmental Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA

    Nickolas J. Themelis

  2. Earth Engineering Center, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA

    A.C. (Thanos) Bourtsalas

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  1. Earth Engineering Center, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA

    A. C. (Thanos) Bourtsalas

  2. Earth and Environmental Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA

    Nickolas J. Themelis

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Franchetti, M.J. (2019). Solid Waste Public Involvement and Education. In: Themelis, N., Bourtsalas, A. (eds) Recovery of Materials and Energy from Urban Wastes. Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology Series. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-7850-2_125

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