Reforestation
Replanting of forests on lands that have recently been harvested.
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Tag: cradle to cradle
Life Cycle Inventory (LCI)
An accounting of the energy and waste associated with the creation of a new product through use and disposal.
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Composting
The purposeful biodegradation of organic matter, such as yard and food waste.
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Post-Consumer Waste
A waste produced by the end consumer of a material stream; that is, where the waste-producing use did not involve the production of another product.
Quite commonly, it is simply the garbage that individuals routinely discard, either in a waste receptacle or a dump, or by littering, incinerating, or pouring down the drain.
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Upcycle
The process of converting an industrial nutrient (material) into something of similar or greater value, in its second life.
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Biodegradable
Capable of being broken down especially into innocuous products by the action of living things (as microorganisms}
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