Arabic Sustainability Dictionary
One agreed Arabic term for every sustainability concept — proposed by practitioners, scored by reviewers and validated with the University of Jeddah.
Waste diversion rate
The share of total waste generated that is diverted from disposal.
نسبة التحويل عن التخلص
Waste diverted from disposal
Waste that is prepared for reuse, recycled or otherwise recovered instead of being landfilled or incinerated.
النفايات المحوّلة عن التخلص
Waste hierarchy
An order of preference for waste management: prevention, preparing for reuse, recycling, other recovery and, last, disposal.
التسلسل الهرمي للنفايات
Waste-to-energy (WtE)
Processes that generate electricity or heat from waste, mainly through incineration with energy recovery or anaerobic digestion.
تحويل النفايات إلى طاقة