Green Word A Day » sustainable dictionary http://www.greenwordaday.com A Sustainable Glossary Tue, 27 Apr 2010 21:01:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Hybrid Vehicle http://www.greenwordaday.com/sustainable-dictionary/hybrid-vehicle/ http://www.greenwordaday.com/sustainable-dictionary/hybrid-vehicle/#comments Tue, 27 Apr 2010 21:01:51 +0000 admin http://www.greenwordaday.com/?p=129 A hybrid car is a car which can run on two or more fuel sources. The term most commonly refers to Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEVs), which combine an internal combustion engine and one or more electric motors.

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]]> http://www.greenwordaday.com/sustainable-dictionary/occupancy-sensors/feed/ 0 Pete – polyethylene terephthalate http://www.greenwordaday.com/sustainable-dictionary/pete-polyethylene-terephthalate/ http://www.greenwordaday.com/sustainable-dictionary/pete-polyethylene-terephthalate/#comments Wed, 06 Jan 2010 10:44:19 +0000 admin http://www.greenwordaday.com/?p=114 A strong, shatter-resistant recyclable plastic that is inexpensive to produce. It is made into bottles for soda, water…

May be recycled into fleece, clothing, fiberfill…

PETE is lightweight and poses a low risk of leaching toxic chemicals into contents. It’s petroleum-based.

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]]> http://www.greenwordaday.com/sustainable-dictionary/fly-ash/feed/ 3 Bioremediation http://www.greenwordaday.com/sustainable-dictionary/bioremediation/ http://www.greenwordaday.com/sustainable-dictionary/bioremediation/#comments Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:17:13 +0000 admin http://www.greenwordaday.com/?p=100 The cleanup of a contaminated site using biological methods, i.e., bacteria, fungi, plants, etc.

Organisms are used to either break down contaminants in soil or water, or accumulate the contaminants in their tissue for disposal.

]]> http://www.greenwordaday.com/sustainable-dictionary/bioremediation/feed/ 1 Runoff http://www.greenwordaday.com/sustainable-dictionary/runoff/ http://www.greenwordaday.com/sustainable-dictionary/runoff/#comments Sun, 06 Dec 2009 12:15:43 +0000 admin http://www.greenwordaday.com/?p=90 The waste water that flows from our gardens, lawns, driveways, and streets into our sewer systems carries various pollutants, including fertilizers and pesticides from our yards that eventually finds its way into our rivers and oceans.

]]> http://www.greenwordaday.com/sustainable-dictionary/runoff/feed/ 0 Electrosmog http://www.greenwordaday.com/sustainable-dictionary/electrosmog/ http://www.greenwordaday.com/sustainable-dictionary/electrosmog/#comments Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:23:39 +0000 admin http://www.greenwordaday.com/?p=88 The invisible electromagnetic radiation resulting from the use of both wireless technology and mains electricity.

The most common sources of wireless electrosmog are:

  • Cordless phones
  • Cordless baby alarms
  • Mobile/cellular phone masts/towers/transmitters
  • Mobile/cellular phones
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