Minimization

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-017405",
  "term": "Minimization",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Measures or techniques that reduce the amount of wastes generated during industrial production processes; this term also is applied to recycling and other efforts to reduce the volume of waste going to landfills. This term is interchangeable with waste reduction and waste minimization.\n\n2. A comprehensive program to minimize or eliminate wastes, usually applied to wastes at their point of origin.",
  "subject": "General environmental",
  "references": [
    "Environmental Issues Terms & Acronyms; Pesticides Glossary",
    "Terms of Environment"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/minimization/"
}