[Bloody Sam Roberts]

It's called land debris when it crashes into your backyard.

The plan is to have it reduced to small enough pieces that will burn up upon de-orbit.

Small pieces left in orbit would constitute a hazard for future navigation. Thus the use of the phrase 'space debris'.

[mtbopfuyn]

The plan is to have it reduced to small enough pieces that will burn up upon de-orbit.

As you said it's "the plan". Hope they also have contingency plans B, C, and D.