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Scrubber

Environment; Pollution

A brush or other object that you use for cleaning things

Separator

Environment; Pollution

A machine for separating things and philtre unnecessary things

Pacific Trash Vortex

Environment; Pollution

The Trash Vortex Pacific Plastic Soup, Toxic Soup, Great Garbage Patch and other similar names, is an area of the ocean covered by trash in the centre of the North Pacific Ocean. It is estimated to ...

Environmental technology

Environment; Pollution

Environmental technology (abbreviated as envirotech) or green technology (abbreviated as greentech) or clean technology (abbreviated as cleantech) is the application of one or more of environmental ...

Chlorofluorocarbon (CFC)

Environment; Pollution

A chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) is an organic compound that contains carbon, chlorine, and fluorine, produced as a volatile derivative of methane and ethane. A common subclass are the hydrochlorofluorocarb ...

Total maximum daily loads programme (TMDL)

Environment; Pollution

A Total Maximum Daily Load, or TMDL, is a calculation of the maximum amount of a pollutant that a waterbody can receive and still safely meet water quality standards.

Sick building syndrome (SBS)

Environment; Pollution

Sick building syndrome (SBS) is a combination of ailments (a syndrome) associated with an individual's place of work (office building) or residence.

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