Pesticides

Pesticides

Any chemical or substance used to kill or inhibit the growth of pests that damage or interfere with the growth of crops, shrubs, tress, timber and other vegetation useful to humans.

Industry: Agricultural chemicals

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vulnerable zone

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

An area over which the airborne concentration of a chemical accidentally released could reach the level of concern.

waste

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

1. Unwanted materials left over from a manufacturing process. 2. Refuse from places of human or animal habitation.

waste characterization

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Identification of chemical and microbiological constituents of a waste material.

waste exchange

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Arrangement in which companies exchange their wastes for the benefit of both parties.

waste feed

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

The continuous or intermittent flow of wastes into an incinerator.

The weight or volume of materials and products that enter the waste stream before recycling, composting, landfilling, or combustion takes place. Also can represent the amount of waste generated by a ...

waste load allocation

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

1. The maximum load of pollutants each discharger of waste is allowed to release into a particular waterway. Discharge limits are usually required for each specific water quality criterion being, or ...