trash

Discarded goods or materials for which there is a determined and clear path to safe disposal.

litter

Trash that is diverted, intentionally or unintentionally, from the waste stream.

Aspirational recycling

​Well intentioned people who may not be aware of how to correctly recycle.

Unintentional littering

Refuse items are managed in a way that they become litter, without the person's knowledge

Waste Stream

The complete flow of waste from domestic or industrial areas through to final disposal.

Macro-plastics

Plastics that measure more than 5 mm.

micro-plastics

Plastics that measure less than 5 mm.

Recycling

​The process by which items made of plastic, glass, metal, and paper are reclaimed to a product that can be used again to make a new product.