Biology GCSE
Waste management
What Waste management means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Waste management
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Handling waste and chemical materials carefully, including treating sewage, storing chemicals safely, recycling, using filters and disposing of waste in controlled sites.
Topics that use Waste management
- Waste management (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Biodiversity
- Eutrophication
- Human impact on the environment
- Pollution
- Population growth and resource demand
- Waste production and management
- Air pollution
- Control measures
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