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TOXIC WASTE [1 record]

Record 1 2011-11-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Waste Management
CONT

Toxic waste disposal or storage sites: the establishment and extension of a site for the disposal of toxic waste (by treatment, landfilling or other).

OBS

toxic waste: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des déchets
CONT

L'implantation ou l'agrandissement d'un lieu d'élimination de déchets toxiques (par traitement, incinération, enfouissement ou autrement).

OBS

déchet toxique : terme plus souvent utilisé au pluriel.

OBS

déchet toxique : Le terme au pluriel (déchets toxiques) a été uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Key term(s)
  • déchets toxiques

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gestión de los desechos
CONT

[Los residuos industriales pueden] dividirse en cinco categorías: a) escombros generales de una fábrica que no estén contaminados; b) residuos relativamente inertes; c) residuos inflamables; d) residuos ácidos o cáusticos; e) residuos indiscutiblemente tóxicos.

OBS

El término genérico es residuos tóxicos, pero al referirse a uno en particular se utiliza la forma singular: residuo tóxico.

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