Title: Unit 11 Glossary
Course: SUST 1013 Introduction to Sustainable Resource Management > Section: SUST 1013 Introduction to Sustainable Resource Management

Unit 11 Glossary

Terms

Term | Definitions
Pre-Cycling | An approach to waste reduction based on limiting those products in a home, factory, office, or institution that will require disposal in a landfill. Under this concept, consumers can actually cont ...
Full Cost Accounting | An accounting method that considers both direct and indirect environmental, social, and economic costs. The United States Environmental Protection Agency has identified five core principles of ful ...
Green Purchasing | A phrase used to describe purchasing practices that seek out products and materials that protect the environment, and result in waste r reduction. Green purchasing considers not only how the produ ...
Life Cycle Assessment | An evaluate and planning model that contemplates all the environmental, social and economic impact of a product at all stages of the product’s life cycle including manufacture, distribution, dec ...
Product Life Cycle | Closely related to life cycle assessment, a product life cycle recognizes that every product can be understood as the centerpiece of a linked set of processes from manufacture to reuse/recycling o ...