Glossary - Definitions to words

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Necessary mechanic devices or tools

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Indispensable gadgets

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No laws have been passed to control it.

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Unregulated

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To separate people or items into groups on the basis of age, materials etc.

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Segregate

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A non-governmental organisation, any non-profit, voluntary citizen’s group which is organised on a local, national or international level.

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NGO

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Conversion of waste into reusable material.

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Recycling

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Out of date - no longer produced or able to be used

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Obsolete

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Waste products that are harmful to people’s health and to the natural environment

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Hazardous

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Associated with the nerves or nervous system

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Neurological

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The highest degree awarded by a university faculty

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Doctorate

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Goods sent out of a country for sale

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Exports

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Against the law

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Illegal

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Machinery and equipment, designed using scientific knowledge for practical purposes.

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Technology

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Take to pieces.

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Dismantle

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Metals that are considered to be rare/have high economic value (e.g. gold, silver, platinum)

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Precious metals

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An agreement between different countries. Not as formal as a treaty

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International Convention

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Any broken or unwanted electrical appliance

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E-Waste

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Poisonous

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Toxic

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Something that people can use

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Resource

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Looking after and using the earth in a way that allows it natural environment, societies, and economies to continue into the future so that future generations can use them while providing for the needs or people today.

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Sustainability

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The way people understand things

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Perspectives

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Goods brought into a country to be sold.

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Imports

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To make officially valid

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Ratify

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Parts something is made of

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Components

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Gain something in exchange for money

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Redeem

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Less economically developed country

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LEDC

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More economically developed country

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MEDC

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To burn up

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Incineration

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A formal and ratified agreement between countries

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Treaty

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Compulsory

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Mandatory

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Get rid of

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Eliminate

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Looking at the whole of something

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Holistic

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New ideas or products

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Innovation

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Weigh up or assess

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Evaluate

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Cathode Ray Tube

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CRT

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Where people work in jobs that are taxed and pay levies to the Government.

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Formal sector

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Where people work in jobs that are not taxed, monitored by the Government in any way and that are not counted as part of the country’s economic output.

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Informal sector

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Something where there are different points of view

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Issue

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Everyone accepts responsibility for the environmental effects of products from the time they are produced until the end of their useful life and disposal.

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Product Stewardship

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Give reasons to support an action

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Justify

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The amount of productive land needed on average to support each person for food, water, transport, housing, waste management and other purposes.

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Ecological footprint

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Pass laws to control something

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Regulate

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About people and society

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Social

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Rubbish dump

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Landfill

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People who buy and use a product

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Consumers

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People who make a product.

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Producers