Glossary P

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Producer is the organism that uses solar energy (green plants) or chemical energy (some bacteria) to manufacture the organic compounds it needs as nutrients from simple inorganic compounds obtained from its environment.

Deutsch: Produkt / Español: Producto / Português: Produto / Français: Produit / Italiano: Prodotto

In this glossary products are mostly items made from raw or recycled materials; people buy and use these items everyday.

Deutsch: Produktdesign / Español: Diseño de productos / Português: Design de produtos / Français: Conception de produits / Italiano: Design di prodotto

Product design refers to the process of creating new products with a focus on functionality, aesthetics, and user experience. In the environmental context, it involves designing products that are sustainable, environmentally friendly, and resource-efficient throughout their entire lifecycle. This includes minimizing the use of non-renewable resources, reducing waste, and ensuring that products can be recycled or reused.

Deutsch: Produktion / Español: Producción / Português: Produção / Français: Production / Italiano: Produzione /

In the environmental context, "production" refers to the process of manufacturing or creating goods, resources, or energy. Production has significant environmental impacts, including resource depletion, pollution, and greenhouse gas emissions.

A Professional Market is Sales of pesticides for application to industrial/commercial/governmental sectors, homes and gardens by certified/commercial applicators.

A Proficiency Test (PT) is a type of external assessment in which a stable sample, the composition of which is unknown to the analyst, is provided to determine whether the analyst/laboratory can produce analytical results within the specified acceptance criteria. Also known as a Performance Evaluation Test.

A Proficiency Test Sample is a test specimen that mimics an actual specimen in all possible aspects, except that its composition is unknown to the laboratory at the time of analysis, which is used to assess the laboratory"s capability to produce results within acceptable criteria.

A profundal zone is the sediments beyond the littoriprofundal

Deutsch: Nachkommen / Español: Progenie / Português: Prole / Français: Progéniture / Italiano: Progenie

Progeny in the environment context refers to the offspring or descendants of organisms, particularly plants and animals, and their impact on ecosystems. Understanding progeny is crucial in ecological studies, conservation efforts, and environmental management, as it helps predict and manage the population dynamics and genetic diversity of species.

Prohibited Wastes are Wastes that have to meet their treatment standards before land disposal.