3R’s (waste management)
3R’s is a term used to describe waste management model. The 3R model: reduce-reuse-recycle, not to be mixed up with other terms using the 3Rs term. Read more..
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Backyard composting
Backyard composting is a controlled decomposition of organic food waste and yard trimmings in urban and suburban backyards, which produces a nutrient-rich top soil. Composting reduces waste source and not recycled, because the composted materials never enter the municipal waste stream. Read more..
Closed loop system
Closed loop system (earth) Ecologists describe a closed-loop system as one that does not exchange matter with the outside world. Although the only truly closed-loop system may be the Earth itself, some industrial subsystems can approach closed loops, and the concept...
Design for disassembly
Design for disassembly is a way to make products so that it can easily and cost effectively be taken apart at the end of the life to recapture materials for recycling. However, this require a high degree of understanding how different material is recycled, for example.. Read more..
Environmental design
Environmental design is a new approach in planning consumer products and industrial processes that are ecologically sustainable and intelligent, and healthy both the environment and humans. Read more..
