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Alphabetical index

Waste According to the French Environmental Code (article L541-1), ...	Waste sorting As its name implies, waste sorting consists of sorting waste ...
Waste-to-energy Waste-to-energy is the use of heat released from the ...	Water Water (aqua in Latin, which gives us the word aquatic, and ...
Water Framework Directive The water framework directive (FWD), referred to, in the ...	Wave power plant A wave power plant is a facility that uses the energy of the ...
WEEE WEEE is waste from electric and electronic equipment, for ...	Wetland A wetland is considered to be any territory in which the ...
Whale watching Whale watching is a term used to describe the tourist ...	Wheel motor A wheel motor is, as its name implies, an engine built into ...
Wildlife corridor A wildlife corridor is designed to allow animals to pass ...	Wind turbine A wind turbine is a turbine that transforms the kinetic ...
Windrow A windrow is a continuous row of plant (or mineral) residue ...	Windthrow A windthrow is an uprooted tree that has fallen to the ...
Wood energy Wood energy is, quite simply, wood used to produce fire, ...	World Charter for Nature The World Charter for Nature was proclaimed in 1982 under ...
ZNIEFF A ZNIEFF is a natural zone of ecological, flora and fauna ...