Subjecting waste substances to physical, chemical, biological or thermal processes at a location off the facility site prior to final disposal.

Waste, regardless of origin, that might normally be disposed of in a non-secure manner, such as at a sanitary landfill site, if not incinerated.

A collection of equipment situated at a single site, used in the operation of a natural gas transmission or distribution pipeline.

The number of global hectares required to produce a given quantity of resource or absorb a given quantity of waste, usually expressed as global hectares per ton.

A collection of the primary and secondary product footprint intensities from the National Footprint Accounts.

Human activities or services that result in no increase or a net reduction in man’s ecological footprint.

The sum of annual ecological deficits.

The difference between the biocapacity and ecological footprint of a region or country.

Ecological overshoot occurs when a population’s demand on an ecosystem exceeds the capacity of that ecosystem to regenerate the resources it consumes and absorb its wastes.

A substance exhibits acute toxicity if it proves hazardous or poisonous after a single dose or single exposure.

A method of land disposal in which liquid wastes are injected into known geological formations, generally at great depths, to prevent environmental contamination or human exposure.

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