Sec. 12805. Definitions
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In this subtitle: The term adaptive management practices means, with respect to a project, the integration of project design, management, and monitoring to identify project impacts and outcomes as they arise and adjust behaviors to improve outcomes. The term Administrator means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. The term domestically-owned and operated means, with respect to a business, a business with— headquarters located within the United States; and primary operations carried out in the United States.
The term eligible entity means— a single unit of State, local, or Tribal government; a consortium of multiple units of State, local, or Tribal government; one or more units of State, local, or Tribal government in coordination with for-profit or nonprofit organizations; or one or more incorporated nonprofit organizations. The term embodied energy means energy that was used to create a product or material. The term living wage means the minimum income necessary to allow a person working 40 hours per week to afford the cost of housing, food, and other material necessities.
The term organics recycling means the biological processes by which organics streams are converted to compost which is not harmful to humans, plants, or animals. The term recycling — means the mechanical processing of material that has reached the end of its current use into material to be used in the production of new products; does not include incineration or any other energy recovery process; and does not include depolymerization or a similar process. The term reuse — means— using a product, packaging, or resource more than once for the same or a new function with little to no processing; or repairing a product so it can be used longer, sharing or renting it, or selling or donating it to another party; and does not include incineration.
The term source reduction — includes— activities that reduce consumption of products or services that create physical outputs, such as packaging, that is secondary to the intended use of the item being consumed; measures or techniques that reduce the amount of waste generated during production processes; and the reduction or elimination of the use of materials which are not able to be recycled without degrading the quality of the material; and does not include incineration. The term source separated — means the separation of a stream of recyclable materials at the point of waste creation before the materials are collected and centralized; and does not include technologies that sort mixed municipal solid waste into recyclable and non-recyclable materials.
The term waste prevention includes reuse, recycling, and other methods to reduce the amount of materials disposed of in landfills or incinerated. The term zero-waste means the conservation of all resources by means of responsible production, consumption, reuse, and recovery of products, packaging, and materials without burning or otherwise destroying embodied energy, with no discharges to land, water, or air that threaten the environment or human health. The term zero-waste practice means a practice used to help achieve zero-waste, including source reduction and waste prevention.