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Bioclimate – Concerned with the relationship between climate and living organisms
Bio-products – Materials, chemicals and energy derived from renewable biological resources make deposits, withdrawals, or complete other transactions as they would through a bank teller
Carbon footprint – Total amount of greenhouse gas emissions that an individual, group, product, or event emits either directly or indirectly to the environment
Downcycle – Recycling that creates new products that are of lesser economic value than the original product
Environmentally-friendly – A generic statement often used to designate a product or process that has a reduced ecological footprint when compared to other products/processes
E-waste – Electronic products near the end of their useful life
Going Green – A lifestyle that consists of reducing an individual’s negative impact on the environment
Green washing – Marketing scam which makes claims or implies the product or service is environmentally friendly
Post-consumer waste – Waste produced by the end consumer of a material. The waste produced did not lead to the production of another product
Recycle – Process of turning a previously used item into a new product in an effort to reduce waste and reduce greenhouse gas emissions
Renewable resource – A resource that can be replenished at a rate equal to, or greater than, its rate of depletion
Social responsibility – Ethical or ideological theory that an organization or individual has a responsibility to society. This responsibility can be “negative”, meaning there is a responsibility to refrain from acting or it can be “positive,” meaning there is a responsibility to act
Sustainability – The capacity to endure. In ecology, the word describes how biological systems remain diverse and productive over time. For humans it depends on the well-being of the natural world and the responsible use of natural resources.
Upcycling – Process of recycling in such a way that the new products are of higher economic value