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  2. Hazardous waste - Wikipedia

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    Household Hazardous Waste (HHW), also referred to as domestic hazardous waste or home generated special materials, is a waste that is generated from residential households. HHW only applies to waste coming from the use of materials that are labeled for and sold for "home use". Waste generated by a company or at an industrial setting is not HHW.

  3. Canada–Philippines waste dispute - Wikipedia

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    The Canada–Philippines waste dispute was an international row over mislabeled Canadian garbage shipped to Manila by a recycling company. The 103 shipping containers that left from Vancouver in 2013–14 were labeled as recyclable plastics ; they instead contained household waste.

  4. Environmental hazard - Wikipedia

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    Hazardous material – Solids, liquids, or gases harmful to people, other organisms, property or the environment; Natural hazard – Conditions that could lead to a natural disaster; Occupational hazard – Hazard experienced in the workplace; Hazardous waste – Ignitable, reactive, corrosive and/or toxic unwanted or unusable materials

  5. How a Philippines plastic waste crisis spiralled - AOL

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    STORY: In Gloria Molina's household goods store in the Philippine capital Manila, toothpaste, instant coffee and laundry detergent go by the handful. A regular bottle of shampoo costs around $2 ...

  6. Consignment - Wikipedia

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    Consignment stock is stock legally owned by one party but held by another, meaning that the risk and rewards regarding the said stock remain with the first party while the second party is responsible for distribution or retail operations. [3] [4] The verb consign means "to send", and therefore the noun consignment means "sending goods to ...

  7. List of S-phrases - Wikipedia

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    Dispose as hazardous waste. (No longer used, removed from regulations) S59 Refer to manufacturer/supplier for information on recovery/recycling. S60 This material and its container must be disposed of as hazardous waste. S61 Avoid release to the environment. Refer to special instructions/safety data sheet. S62

  8. People Are Sharing Their “Recycle, Reuse, And Repurpose ...

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    In the meantime, the Environmental Performance Index notes that South Korea has a recycling score of 67.1, meaning that it recycles over two-thirds of all recyclable post-consumer materials, such ...

  9. List of waste management acronyms - Wikipedia

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    WM2 Technical Guidance WM2 Hazardous Waste: Interpretation of the definition and classification of hazardous waste; WMF Waste Management Facility; WML Waste Management Licence (replaced by Environmental Permits) WMP Waste Management Plan; WMPEG Waste Minimisation Performance and Efficiency Grant; WMS Waste Management Strategy