| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Industrial waste | Industrial waste is a waste caused by industrial factories or mills. The problem began along with the outset of industrial revolution. Toxic waste and chemical waste are a kind of industrial waste. (references) | ||
| Toxic industrial waste | Poisonous waste materials; can cause injury (especially by chemical means). Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
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| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Industrial waste | Environment | 1: A non-hazardous waste generated by manufacturing or industrial processes. The types of industrial waste generated at the INEEL include cafeteria garbage, dirt and gravel, masonry and concrete, scrap metals, trash, oil, solvents, chemicals, weed grass and trees, wood and scrap lumber, and similar wastes. (references) | |
| 2: Unwanted materials from an industrial operation; may be liquid, sludge, solid, or hazardous waste. (references) | |||
| Industrial waste | Health | Worthless, damaged, defective, superfluous or effluent material from industrial operations. It represents an ecological problem and health hazard. (references) | |
| Industrial waste dam | Administration | An embankment dam, usually built in stages, to create storage for the disposal of waste products from an industrial process. The waste products are conveyed as fine material suspended in water to the reservoir impounded by the embankment. The embankment may be built of conventional materials but sometimes incorporates suitable waste products. (references) | |
| Industrial waste water | Environment | Water, usually polluted, which is drained off by pipes, ditch, etc. ; can consist of waste water, cooling water, surface water and drainage water; cf. leachate; any waste water which is discharged from premises used for carrying on any trade or industry, other than domestic waste water and run-off rain water. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Inspector, industrial waste | Occupations | Inspects industrial and commercial waste disposal facilities and investigates source of pollutants in municipal sewage and storm-drainage system to ensure conformance with ordinance and permit requirements: Visits establishments to determine possession of industrial waste permits and to inspect waste treatment facilities, such as floor drains, sand traps, settling and neutralizing tanks, and grease removal equipment for conformance with regulations. Extracts samples of waste from sewers, storm drains, and water courses for laboratory tests. Conducts field tests for acidity, alkalinity, and other characteristics to determine if discharged wastes will cause water pollution or deterioration of sewerage facilities. Inspects sewers and storm drains to determine presence of explosive gases, using gas-analysis equipment. Reviews plans of proposed waste-treatment facilities and inspects construction to ensure conformance with ordinances. Issues citations to apparent violators of sanitation code or water-quality regulations. Compiles written reports of investigations and findings, and actions taken or recommended. May enforce ordinances concerned with commercial hauling and disposal of contents from cesspools and septic tanks into sewers. May inspect water wells for contamination and conformance with legal construction standards, and order closing of unsanitary or unsafe wells. May inspect solid waste disposal facilities, such as sanitary landfills and chemical disposal sites. (references) | |
| Nonhazardous Industrial Waste | Environment | Industrial process waste in wastewater not considered municipal solid waste or hazardous waste under RARA. (references) | |
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