Litter

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-015909",
  "term": "Litter",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. The highly visible portion of solid waste (usually packaging material) which is generated by the consumer and carelessly discarded outside of the regular garbage disposal system, as on the highways or in streets.\n\n2. The pigs that are born at one time to one sow - normally 8-12 pigs.\n\n3. Substance applied to dirt or concrete flooring systems that is absorbent in nature, including: wood shavings, rice hulls, chopped straw, sand, sawdust, oat hulls, and several other materials.\n\n4. The highly visible portion of solid waste carelessly discarded outside the regular garbage and trash collection and disposal system.\n\n5. Leaves and twigs fallen from forest trees.\n\n6. Undecomposed plant residues on the soil surface. See decomposition.",
  "subject": "General environmental",
  "references": [
    "Environmental Issues Terms & Acronyms",
    "Ag 101 Glossary of American Agriculture",
    "Terms of Environment",
    "Greenhouse Gas Emissions"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/litter/"
}