Sustainable Development Indicator Group

Working Draft Framework, Version 2, June 4, 1996

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2.2.1 Environmental Sink Services

Definition: The redistribution, storage, processing, and absorption of human made waste by the environment. This does not include the waste handled and stored and managed in human-made facilities (see Waste endowment under Human-Made Capital).

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Environmental Sink Services Categories:

2.2.1.1 Dispersal of Air Emissions: The redistribution, storage, processing, and absorption of human made waste by the atmosphere. This does not include the waste handled and stored and managed in human-made facilities (see Waste endowment under Human-Made Capital). (Definition Source: None)

2.2.1.2 Dispersal of Soil Discharges: The redistribution, storage, processing, and absorption of human made waste by soils and sediment beds. This does not include the waste handled and stored and managed in human-made facilities (see Waste endowment under Human-Made Capital). (Definition Source: None)

2.2.1.3 Dispersal of Water Discharges: The redistribution, storage, processing, and absorption of human made waste by rivers, streams, lakes, and oceans, and other water bodies. This does not include the waste handled and stored and managed in human-made facilities (see Waste endowment under Human-Made Capital). (Definition Source: None)