Definitions for "Source reduction"
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The design, manufacture, purchase, or use of materials (such as products and packaging) to reduce the amount or toxicity of garbage generated. Source reduction can help reduce waste disposal and handling charges because the costs of recycling, municipal composting, landfilling, and combustion are avoided. Source reduction conserves resources and reduces pollution.
Reducing the amount and/or toxicity of an item before it is ever generated (e.g. buying an item with less packaging, using a non-toxic alternative to clean with).
1. The design, manufacture, purchase or use of materials to reduce the amount or toxicity of waste in an effort to reduce pollution and conserve resources (i.e., reusing items, minimizing the use of products containing hazardous compounds, extending the useful life of a product and reducing unneeded packaging). 2. Practices that reduce the amount of any hazardous substance, pollutant or contaminant entering any waste stream or otherwise being released into the environment. Such practices also reduce the risk to public health and the environment associated with such releases. Term includes equipment or technology modifications, substitution of raw materials, and improvements in housekeeping, maintenance, training or inventory control.
reducing usage of resources at the point of generation or production.
Any action undertaken by an individual or organization to eliminate or reduce the amount of materials before they enter the municipal solid waste stream. This action is intended to conserve resources, promote efficiency, and reduce pollution.
Preventing pollution by not creating or generating it. Accomplished by changing products, processes, operating practices, and technologies.
the design, manufacture, or use of products that in some way reduces the amount of waste that must be disposed of; examples include reuse of by-products, reducing consumption, extending the useful life of a product, and minimizing materials going into production
The elimination or reduction of the waste at the source by modification of the actual process which produces the waste.
The design, manufacture, purchase and use of materials in ways that reduce the amount of waste. This includes reusing items, using only recommended amounts or reducing unneeded packaging.
the design, manufacture, acquisition, and reuse of materials so as to minimize the quantity and/or toxicity of waste produced.
Any activity that reduces the amount or toxicity of waste.
Steps taken to reduce waste generation and toxicity at the source through more effective utilization of raw materials and reformulation.
A process of controlling waste by changing it at the production level.
A practice that reduces the amount of any release or waste generated at the source, including closed loop recycle and reuse before exit from a process. The term includes, among other practices, equipment and technology modifications, process and procedures modifications, reformulation and redesign of products, substitution of raw materials, and improvements in housekeeping, maintenance, training and inventory control.
Action taken to minimise the amount of waste entering the waste stream.
The design, manufacture and use of products which reduces their amount and toxicity. Source reduction measures include: reusing items, minimizing the amount of products used, extending the useful life of a product, and reducing the amount of excessive product packaging.
Preventing waste by redesigning products, processes, or specifications to accomplish the same task while using less material.
any practice that reduces the amount of any hazardous substance or pollutant entering any waste stream or released into the environment prior to recycling, treatment or disposal; and reduces the hazards to public health and the environment associated with the release of such substances or pollutants. TC EQ - The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Waste prevention.
the reduction or elimination of waste at the point of generation. For consumers, source reduction involves buying only what is necessary, and choosing products with minimal packaging. For manufacturers, it involves using less material to produce and package goods.
Avoiding the creation of waste by reducing the amount or toxicity of waste before it is generated (e.g., duplex copying and/or printing or other similar action that avoids the generation of solid waste). Source reduction is not recycling.
The reduction of the quantity or toxicity of residual waste generated achieved through changes in the manufacturing process, including process modifications, feedstock substitutions, improvements in feed stock parity, shipping and packing modifications, housekeeping and management practices, increases in machinery efficiency, recycling within a process. The term does not include dewatering, compaction or waste reclamation.
Reducing the amount of materials entering the waste stream from a specific source by redesigning products or patterns of production or consumption (e.g., using returnable beverage containers). Synonymous with waste reduction.
Any practice which reduces the amount or use of hazardous substances, pollutants or contaminants that enter any wastestream or are released into the environment prior to recycling, treatment, or disposal: and thereby reduces adverse public health and environmental effects associated with their release. Source reduction can include improved operating practices (housekeeping, purchasing or inventory controls, process controls or spill prevention), process or equipment changes, input material changes, or product reformulation.
Per Public Resources Code section 40196, "source reduction" means any action which causes a net reduction in the generation of solid waste. Source reduction includes, but is not limited to, reducing the use of nonrecyclable materials, replacing disposable materials and products with reusable materials and products, reducing packaging, reducing the amount of yard wastes generated, establishing garbage rate structures with incentives to reduce waste tonnage generated, and increasing the efficiency of the use of paper, cardboard, glass, metal, plastic, and other materials. See the PARIS list of source reduction programs and codes.
An approach that uses raw material substitution and technological improvements to eliminate toxic wastes at their source.
the design, manufacture, purchase, or use of materials to reduce the amount or toxicity of waste. Because it is intended to reduce pollution and conserve resources, source reduction should not increase the net amount or toxicity of waste generated throughout the life of the product. Source reduction techniques include reusing items, minimizing the use of products that conatin hazardous compounds, using only what is needed, extending the life of a product, and reducing unneeded packaging.
The philosophy or practice of not creating or generating waste materials by increasing efficiency, substituting materials or changing processes so that fewer waste materials are produced.
The design, manufacture, purchase, or use of materials (such as packaging) that reduce the amount or toxicity of garbage. Source reduction can reduce waste disposal and handling costs because the expense of recycling, composting, combustion and landfill are avoided. Source reduction conserves resources and reduces pollution.
any practice that reduces the amount of any hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant entering wastewater. Source reduction decreases the hazards to public health and the environment associated with the release of such substances, pollutants, or contaminants. Technology modifications, process or procedure modifications, reformulation or redesign of products, substitution of raw materials, and improvements in housekeeping, maintenance, training or inventory control are all examples of source reduction.
This is the vital task of reducing areas where mosquito larvae can thrive in any given locality. Individual citizens can help in this task by clearing out any brackish water on their properties or in their neighborhoods.
A reduction in the volume and/or toxicity of a waste prior to its generation. Includes good "house-keeping" practices, material and product changes, and technological modifications.
Reducing the quantity of waste which in turn lessens the amount of material that enters the waste stream.
Reduction in the quantity of waste by reducing the weight or volume of materials or use products of greater durability.
any action that reduces the weight or volume of a given material before it enters the waste stream
an action to reduce waste at the point of generation. Source reduction strategies include reuse, recycling and composting.
Minimizing waste at the source of generation; preventing waste before it is generated.