Glossary
Aerosol
An aerosol (abbreviation of “aero-solution”) is a suspension of fine solid particles or liquid droplets in air or another gas...
Aluminum
A light, strong, silver-colored metal made mostly of bauxite ore...
Battery
Device that converts chemical energy into electrical energy, consisting of a group of electric cells...
Brand protection
Brand protection is the process and set of actions that a right holder undertakes to prevent third parties from using its intellectual property without permission...
Data Destruction / Data Wiping
The irreversible removal of data from a media form...
Data Security
Data security is the means of ensuring that data is kept safe from corruption...
Dumpster
A large container to keep waste until it is collected by the trash hauler...
Electronic waste, e-waste or Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE)
A waste type consisting of any broken or unwanted electrical or electronic appliance.
Electronic or E-Waste
Waste that consists of electronic products nearing the end of their useful life...
End-of-life electronics (EOL)
A product that does not receive continuing support...
E-scrap
Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment also, called as WEEE.
Ferrous Metal
Ferrous is an adjective used to indicate the presence of iron...
Fluorescent Light Tube
A fluorescent lamp or fluorescent tube is a gas-discharge lamp that uses electricity to excite mercury vapor...
General Waste
The term used for mixed waste comprising of various waste streams...
Hard Drive
A hard disk drive (HDD) is a non-volatile storage device which stores digitally encoded data.
Hazardous Waste
Waste that poses substantial or potential threats to public health...
Heavy Metals
Hazardous elements including cadmium, mercury and lead...
ITAD
A comprehensive step by step process for unwanted IT http://www.madenat.ae/assets called IT Asset Disposition (ITAD).
Lamp
A device for giving light, either one consisting of an electric bulb...
Landfill
A landfill is a site for the disposal of waste materials by burying them in the ground...
Lead-acid battery
Any battery that consists of lead and sulfuric acid, has a capacity of six volts or more...
Non-ferrous metals
Metals such as aluminum, copper or brass that contains no iron.
Recyclable Materials
Waste materials that can be readily separated from the waste stream and collected for reuse...
Recycle or Recycling
The process by which recovered products are transformed into new products...
Reduce
To lessen in amount. Reducing trash is a major solid waste management goal.
Refurbish
Repair and make useful.
Renewable resource
A natural resource that comes from an endless or repeating source...
Residue
Materials remaining after processing, incineration, composting or recycling have been completed.
Reuse
The use of a product more than once for any purpose...
Sanitary landfill
See municipal solid waste landfill.
Scrap
Waste with some value, particularly material left over from construction...
Secondary Material
A material that is used in place of a primary or raw material in manufacturing...
Special Waste
Items that require special or separate handling...
Sustainability development
The ability to meet the needs of the present without compromising future generations...
Sustainability
Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations...
Trash
Material considered worthless, unnecessary or offensive that is usually thrown away...
Universal Waste
A special category of hazardous waste that generally includes fluorescent lamps, cathode ray tubes...
Waste Diversion
The act of preventing waste from being disposed into landfills and incinerators.
Waste minimization
The reduction of the amount of waste generated by pollution prevention methods...
Waste reduction
Encourages people to generate less trash through reuse, recycling and buying products with less packaging.
Waste
Anything that is discarded or not considered useful.
Zero Waste
A goal to guide people to emulate sustainable natural cycles...