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effluent: waste material, such as water from sewage treatment or manufacturing plants, discharged into the environment.
(efluente)

emission: a substance discharged into the environment.
(emisión)

energy-from-waste (EfW): the recovery of useful energy in the form of heat and/or power from the thermal treatment of waste. Generally applied to incineration, pyrolysis, gasification but can also include the combustion of landfill gas and gas produced from anaerobic digestion.

energy recovery: The recovery of useful energy in the form of heat and/or power from the thermal treatment of waste. Generally applied to incineration, pyrolysis, gasification but can also include the combustion of landfill gas and gas produced during anaerobic digestion.
(recuperación de energía)

environment: the sum of all external conditions and influences affecting the development and life of organisms.
(medio ambiente)

eutrophication: a naturally occurring change that take place after a water body receives inputs of nutrients, mostly nitrates and phosphates, from erosion and runoff of surrounding lands; this process causes an oxiygen deficiency in water and it can be accelerated by human activities.
(eutrofización)


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