thermal treatment
n.— «For pollution prevention purposes, reductions through materials substitution, process changes, or product modifications (methods that involve toxics reduction or resource conservation) are better than pollution controls, such as scrubbers or “thermal treatment,” a euphemism for incineration.» —“EPA Expands Program Recognizing Corporate Environmental Performance” by William Baue SocialFunds.com Mar. 17, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
What if, instead of being an inanimate object, a dictionary were alive? That’s the idea behind a lavishly illustrated new children’s book called The Dictionary Story (Bookshop|Amazon) by Oliver Jeffers and Sam Winston. This is part of a...
In 1971, when a new public library opened in Troy, Michigan, famous authors and artists were invited to write letters to the city’s youngest readers, extolling the many benefits of libraries. One of the loveliest was from E.B. White, author of...