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Busch Systems Glossary Terms

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What is Sustainability?

Sustainability is being able to continue certain habits without having long-term, adverse effects on the environment. It is taking aspects of thos...

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What is single-stream/commingled recycling collection?

Single-stream recycling collection, also known as commingled recycling collection, is a system where all recyclable materials are ...

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What is Source Reduction?

Source reduction is the process of reducing waste from a product before it is created through the product design, purchase of materials, and produc...

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What are Streams?

A Stream is what is used to divide types of recyclable refuse. Depending on the recycling program being applied in a community or business, recycl...

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What are Secondary Materials?

Secondary Materials are materials that have been used, recycled and sold for use in manufacturing. These products allow for less reliance on the s...

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What is Stream Contamination?

Stream contamination is when a recycling stream is compromised in some form. This can range from unemptied packaging to the entry of non-recyclabl...

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What is a Station Audit?

A Station Audit is an analysis of the centralized Recycling & Waste stations within your facility’s Refuse Streams.

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What is Stream Composition?

Stream Composition is the makeup of the materials within a specific Stream.

For example, the default Stream Com...

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What is a Station?

A station is a group of collection containers in the same immediate area. Each station can include multiple streams. For example, a station can be ...

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What are the Sustainable Development Goals?

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a set of 17 interlinked goals that create an agenda for all countries to work towards to achieve a mor...

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What is Sustainable Development?

According to the Our Common Future Report, also known as the Brundtland Report, Sustainable Development is “meeting the needs of current generati...