垃圾前端减量

01:55 Jun 16, 2015
Chinese to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Environment & Ecology / waste treatment
Chinese term or phrase: 垃圾前端减量
I ran searches on both Bing and Google, but I didn't find anything that matches the idea conveyed by this term. I need an English equivalent widely acccepted and used in today's environmentalism. Thanks for your help!

Context: "与城镇不同的是,农村现在普遍缺乏固体废弃物处理的措施和方法,普遍的做法是把废弃物露天堆放,或是直接倒入河流,更缺少垃圾前端减量和资源化的措施。"
Jing Hu
China
Local time: 19:08


Summary of answers provided
4reduce garbage disposal at the front end
pkchan
3见下
tanglsus
3waste sorting
Phil Hand


  

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reduce garbage disposal at the front end


Explanation:
reduce garbage (disposal) at the front end

pkchan
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见下


Explanation:
更缺少垃圾前端减量和资源化的措施

in dire need of frontline (management) action plans for waste reduction and recycling.

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waste sorting


Explanation:
or waste separation

"Waste sorting is the process by which waste is separated into different elements."

"Large municipal solid waste (LMSW) is a mixed waste stream generated by households and contains products of different composition, materials and sizes. LMSW is relatively well suited for recycling due to the raw materials it contains. Hence, it is important and economically feasible to separate the materials from the mixed LMSW stream. This chapter describes the state of the art of sorting and separating the fractions in LMSW through a combination of mechanical and manual separation techniques."


    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waste_sorting
    Reference: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780123964...
Phil Hand
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