Green Word A Day » cradle to cradle 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 Reforestation http://www.greenwordaday.com/sustainable-dictionary/reforestation/ http://www.greenwordaday.com/sustainable-dictionary/reforestation/#comments Wed, 07 Apr 2010 17:26:12 +0000 admin http://www.greenwordaday.com/?p=127 Replanting of forests on lands that have recently been harvested.

]]> http://www.greenwordaday.com/sustainable-dictionary/reforestation/feed/ 1 Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) http://www.greenwordaday.com/green-dictionary/life-cycle-inventory-lci/ http://www.greenwordaday.com/green-dictionary/life-cycle-inventory-lci/#comments Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:21:41 +0000 admin http://www.greenwordaday.com/?p=120 An accounting of the energy and waste associated with the creation of a new product through use and disposal.

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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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]]> http://www.greenwordaday.com/green-glossary/upcycle/feed/ 1 Biodegradable http://www.greenwordaday.com/green-dictionary/biodegradable/ http://www.greenwordaday.com/green-dictionary/biodegradable/#comments Sat, 17 Oct 2009 17:45:30 +0000 admin http://www.greenwordaday.com/?p=23 Capable of being broken down especially into innocuous products by the action of living things (as microorganisms}

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