Pollution Prevention Crossword Puzzle

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REPURPOSE : Taking items that were meant for one purpose but can be used for other ones
CARBON FOOTPRINT : The total amount of greenhouse gases that are generated by our actions (two words)
PREVENT : Keep from happening
RECOVER : Using wastes as an input material to create valuable products as new outputs
FOOTPRINT : Ecological ________________, measure of the demands made by a person or group of people on global natural resources
PLAN : An environmental management ______  is a set of processes and practices that enable an organization to reduce its environmental impacts and increase its operating efficiency
AIR : The mixture of invisible odorless tasteless gases (e.g. nitrogen and oxygen) that surrounds the earth
COST EFFECTIVE : It is often more ____________ (two words) to prevent pollution from being created at its source than to pay for control, treatment and disposal of waste products
HAZARDOUS WASTE : A waste with properties that make it dangerous or capable of having a harmful effect on human health or the environment (two words)
TSCA : Toxic substances control act ( i.e. the act that authorizes the epa to regulate and screen all chemicals produced or imported into the united states to prevent unreasonable risks to health and the environment)
ELIMINATE : To completely remove or get rid of something
WASTE REDUCTION : , anything that reduces waste by using less material in the first place (two words)
SOURCE REDUCTION : Activities designed to reduce the volume, mass, or toxicity of products throughout the life cycle (two words)
SCIL : The safer chemical ingredients list (i.e. a list of chemical ingredients designed to help manufacturers find safer chemical alternatives that meet the criteria of epa’s safer choice program)
WASTE : Discarded materials
CIRCULAR : A  ________ economy reduces material use, redesigns materials, products, and services to be less resource intensive, and recaptures “waste” as a resource to manufacture new materials and products
POLLUTION : The introduction of harmful materials into the
WATER CONSERVATION : The practice of using water efficiently to reduce unnecessary water usage
LIFECYCLE : The succession of stages that product foes through during its existence
IMPROVE : Grow in quality
RECYCLE : The process of collecting and processing materials (that would otherwise be thrown away as trash) and remanufacturing them into new products
REDUCE : Make smaller in size or number
ENVIRONMENT : The air, water, and land in which organisms live

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QUESTIONS LIST:

repurpose : taking items that were meant for one purpose but can be used for other ones
carbon footprint : the total amount of greenhouse gases that are generated by our actions (two words)
prevent : keep from happening
recover : using wastes as an input material to create valuable products as new outputs
footprint : ecological _ , measure of the demands made by a person or group of people on global natural resources
plan : an environmental management _ is a set of processes and practices that enable an organization to reduce its environmental impacts and increase its operating efficiency
air : the mixture of invisible odorless tasteless gases (e.g. nitrogen and oxygen) that surrounds the earth
cost effective : it is often more _ (two words) to prevent pollution from being created at its source than to pay for control, treatment and disposal of waste products
hazardous waste : a waste with properties that make it dangerous or capable of having a harmful effect on human health or the environment (two words)
tsca : toxic substances control act ( i.e. the act that authorizes the epa to regulate and screen all chemicals produced or imported into the united states to prevent unreasonable risks to health and the environment)
eliminate : to completely remove or get rid of something
waste reduction : , anything that reduces waste by using less material in the first place (two words)
source reduction : activities designed to reduce the volume, mass, or toxicity of products throughout the life cycle (two words)
scil : the safer chemical ingredients list (i.e. a list of chemical ingredients designed to help manufacturers find safer chemical alternatives that meet the criteria of epa’s safer choice program)
waste : discarded materials
circular : a _ economy reduces material use, redesigns materials, products, and services to be less resource intensive, and recaptures “waste” as a resource to manufacture new materials and products
pollution : the introduction of harmful materials into the
water conservation : the practice of using water efficiently to reduce unnecessary water usage
lifecycle : the succession of stages that product foes through during its existence
improve : grow in quality
recycle : the process of collecting and processing materials (that would otherwise be thrown away as trash) and remanufacturing them into new products
reduce : make smaller in size or number
environment : the air, water, and land in which organisms live