Glossary
- HDW (hazardous domestic waste)
- Waste presenting a danger to mankind and the environment and requiring particular precaution when processed (batteris, aerosols, paints…).
- HIW (hazardous industrial waste)
- Toxic waste, presenting a danger to mankind an the environment and requiring particular precaution during processing.
- Hygienisation
- The treatment by physical or chemical processes to reduce to non-detectable levels the presence of all the pathogenic microorganisms in a medium.
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