| English | Italian |
| accumulation of material | messa in riserva di materiali |
| alternative material Materials employed in the place of others which are more dangerous for the environment, such as phosphate substitutes in detergents | materiale alternativo |
| building material Any material used in construction, such as steel, concrete, brick, masonry, glass, wood, etc. | materiale da costruzione |
| carrier material | materiale portatore |
| classification of contaminated material | selezione del materiale contaminato |
| Committee of Inquiry into the handling and transport of nuclear material | commissione d'inchiesta sulla gestione e il trasporto di materiale nucleare |
| compostable material | terricciato prodotto |
| construction with recycled material | costruzione con materiale riciclato |
| construction with recycled material Construction with waste product used as raw material | costruzione con materiale riciclato |
| Contamination of nutrition and consumer products due to material release | contaminazione di alimenti e prodotti per i consumatori dovuta al rilascio di materiale |
| corrosive material | sostanza corrosiva |
| direct material consumption | consumo diretto di materie prime |
| dispersion of radioactive material to the environment | Dispersione di materiale radioattivo nell'ambiente |
| dredged material | materiale di dragaggio |
| dredged material Unconsolidated material removed from rivers, streams, and shallow seas with machines such as the bucket-ladder dredge, dragline dredge, or suction dredge | materiale di dragaggio |
| dredged material | residui di dragaggio |
| ecotoxic material | sostanza ecotossica |
| electronic material | materiale elettronico |
| electronic material No definition needed | materiale elettronico |
| energy source material Sources from which energy can be obtained to provide heat, light, and power. Energy resources, including fossil and nuclear fuels as well as solar, water, tidal and geothermal energy, may be captured or recovered and converted into other energy forms for a variety of household, commercial, transportation, and industrial applications | sorgente di energia |
| energy source material | sorgente di energia |
| environmental material | materiale ambientale |
| fermentable organic material | materia organica fermentescibile |
| fibrous absorbing material | materiale assorbente fibroso |
| filling material Any substance used to fill the holes and irregularities in planed or sanded surfaces so as to decrease the porosity of the surface for finish coatings | materiale di riempimento |
| filter material | materiale filtrante |
| genetic material of the species | carattere genetico della specie |
| hazardous working material A poison, corrosive agent, flammable substance, explosive, radioactive chemical, or any other material which can endanger human health or well-being if handled improperly | materiale da lavoro pericoloso |
| hazardous working material | materiale da lavoro pericoloso |
| high calorific value material | materia ad alto potere calorifico |
| industrial material No definition needed | materiale per l'industria |
| inert material | sostanza inerte |
| inert material | materiale inerte |
| insulating material Material that prevents or reduces the transmission of electricity, heat, or sound to or from a body, device or region | materiale isolante |
| liner material A layer of synthetic or natural materials, on the sides of or beneath a landfill, landfill cell or surface impoundment, that restricts the downward or lateral escape of liquids carrying leachate into the surrounding environment | materiale impermeabilizzante |
| liner material | materiale impermeabilizzante |
| local building material | materiale locale da costruzione |
| material life cycle All the stages involved in the manufacturing, distribution and retail, use and re-use and maintenance, recycling and waste management of materials | ciclo di vita dei materiali |
| material life cycle | ciclo di vita dei materiali |
| material recycling | riciclaggio dei materiali |
| mechanical reduction of the raw material | macinazione della materia prima |
| multi-material recycling scheme | programma di riciclaggio multimateriale |
| natural material | materiale naturale |
| natural material No definition needed | materiale naturale |
| new material Novel high-performance materials obtained through the interdisciplinary research of chemistry, applied chemistry, chemical engineering, and mechanical engineering | materiale innovativo |
| new material | materiale innovativo |
| non-regenerating raw material | materia prima non rinnovabile |
| oxidizable material | sostanza ossidabile |
| oxidizable material Substance that can undergo a chemical reaction with oxygen | sostanza ossidabile |
| packaging recoverable in the form of material recycling | imballaggio recuperabile sotto forma di riciclo del materiale |
| plant material | materiale vegetale |
| plutonium contaminated waste material | residuo contaminato dal plutonio |
| process of storing radioactive material | operazione di deposito dei materiali radioattivi |
| putrescent material | sostanza putrescente |
| radioactive material removed from the site | materiale radioattivo rimosso dal sito |
| raw material A crude, unprocessed or partially processed material used as feedstock for a processing operation | materia prima |
| raw material batch | geminazione delle materie prime |
| raw material consumption The developed countries depend on a stable supply of raw materials for their industries. Total resource requirements are increasing rapidly over the entire world. In developed countries, although population is increasing slowly, per capita use is increasing rapidly, while the opposite is happening in developing countries. Traditionally raw materials have been classified as non-renewable resources, but a distinction may be important between "loosable" resources, such as oil and coal, and "non-loosable" resources, such as metals, which can be used several times over by recycling processes | consumo di materia prima |
| raw material securing Measures used to ensure the provision of or the access to crude, unprocessed or partially processed materials used as feedstock for processing or manufacturing | assicurazione delle materie prime (azione) |
| raw material securing | assicurazione delle materie prime (azione |
| reactivity towards container material | reattività nei confronti del materiale del contenitore |
| recycled material Waste materials that are transformed into new products in such a manner that the original products may lose their identity | materiale riciclato |
| recycled material | materiale riciclato |
| recycling of material | riciclaggio dei materiali |
| renewable raw material Resources that have a natural rate of availability and yield a continual flow of services which may be consumed in any time period without endangering future consumption possibilities as long as current use does not exceed net renewal during the period under consideration | materia prima rinnovabile |
| renewable raw material | materia prima rinnovabile |
| resuspended material | sostanza in risospensione |
| road construction material The aggregation of components used for building streets, highways and other routes, such as asphalt, concrete, brick, sand and gravel | materiale per costruzioni stradali |
| road construction material | materiale per costruzioni stradali |
| scrap material | materiale di scarto (rifiuti |
| scrap material Recyclable material from any manufacturing process or discarded consumer products | materiale di scarto (rifiuti) |
| scrap material market The trade or traffic in discarded or leftover materials that can be reused in some way | mercato dell'usato |
| scrap material price | prezzo dell'usato |
| secondary raw material | materia prima seconda |
| seepage from material deposited in geological formations | fuga a partire da un deposito in strati geologici |
| segregation of compostable material | separazione della frazione che può essere sottoposta a compostaggio |
| sludge treatment section capable of producing reusable material | rivalorizzazione dei fanghi |
| soil improvement material | ammendante |
| sound insulation material | materiale insonorizzante |
| sound insulation material Material used to reduce the transmission of sound to or from a body, device, room, etc. | materiale insonorizzante |
| synthetic material | materiale sintetico |
| synthetic material Material made artificially by chemical reaction | materiale sintetico |
| teaching material | materiale didattico |
| teaching material An article or device used to facilitate the learning process in an instructional setting | materiale didattico |
| trace material 1. Both metals and non-metals, essential for the metabolic processes of algae, invertebrates and vertebrates. Organisms that derive nearly all their energy via photosynthesis are especially dependent upon dissolved trace substances. 2. Impurities that are present at small but detectable levels | materiale in tracce |
| trace material | materiale in tracce |
| use of waste as material | valorizzazione di rifiuti come materiali |
| utilization of waste material | utilizzazione degli scarti |
| waste material | materiale di scarto |
| waste material | prodotto di scarto |
| wastes from washing, cleaning and mechanical reduction of the raw material | rifiuti da operazioni di lavaggio, pulizia e macinazione della materia prima |
