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The United Nations Organization (UNO), or simply United Nations (UN), is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and the achieving of world peace.
Layer of material consisting of wood chips, straw, leaves and so forth. It is used to cover soil for the purpose of holding moisture, preventing weed growth, protecting plants and enriching the soil.
Industry:Environment
Surcharge on the price of potentially polluting products. When pollution is avoided by returning the products or their residuals, a refund of the surcharge is granted. See also economic instruments.
Industry:Environment
Sustainable national income is defined as the maximum amount a nation can consume while ensuring that future generations will have living standards at least as high as those of the current generation.
Industry:Environment
Wastes that, owing to their toxic, infectious, radioactive or flammable properties pose a substantial actual or potential hazard to the health of humans and other living organisms and the environment.
Industry:Environment
1. Relatively impermeable barrier designed to prevent leakage from a landfill. Liner materials include plastics and dense clay. 2. Iinsert or sleeve for sewer pipes to prevent leakage or infiltration.
Industry:Environment
Cutting of small level patches of ground into the slopes in hilly areas for the purpose of growing crops. Walls and banks are built around these small patches to retain water and prevent soil erosion.
Industry:Environment
Substance that is present in concentrations that may harm organisms (humans, plants and animals) or exceed an environmental quality standard. The term is frequently used synonymously with contaminant.
Industry:Environment
Measure of the acidity or alkalinity of a liquid. A pH value in the range of 0 to 7 indicates acidity, a pH value in the range of 7 to 14 indicates alkalinity, and a pH value of 7 signifies neutrality.
Industry:Environment
Micro-organism found in the intestinal tract of human beings and animals. Its presence in water indicates faecal pollution and potentially dangerous bacterial contamination. See also Escherichia coli.
Industry:Environment
Discharge of heated effluents from industrial processes such as electric power generation, atomic power stations and other factories at temperatures that can affect the life process of aquatic organisms.
Industry:Environment
