enow.com Web Search

  1. Ads

    related to: waste management practices

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Waste management - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waste_management

    A big part of waste management deals with municipal solid waste, which is created by industrial, commercial, and household activity. [4] Waste management practices are not the same across countries (developed and developing nations); regions (urban and rural areas), and residential and industrial sectors can all take different approaches. [5]

  3. History of waste management - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_waste_management

    The first occurrence of organised solid waste management system appeared in London in the late 18th century. [13] A waste collection and resource recovery system was established around the 'dust-yards'. Main constituent of municipal waste was the coal ash (‘dust’) which had a market value for brick-making and as a soil improver.

  4. Waste minimisation - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waste_minimisation

    Waste minimisation is a set of processes and practices intended to reduce the amount of waste produced. By reducing or eliminating the generation of harmful and persistent wastes, waste minimisation supports efforts to promote a more sustainable society. [1] Waste minimisation involves redesigning products and processes and/or changing societal ...

  5. Waste hierarchy - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waste_hierarchy

    Waste (management) hierarchy is a tool used in the evaluation of processes that protect the environment alongside resource and energy consumption from most favourable to least favourable actions. [1] The hierarchy establishes preferred program priorities based on sustainability. [1] To be sustainable, waste management cannot be solved only with ...

  6. Zero waste - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero_waste

    In 2008, Zero Waste was a term used to describe manufacturing and municipal waste management practices. Bea Johnson, a French American woman living in California, decided to apply it to her household of 4. In 2009, she started sharing her journey through her blog, Zero Waste Home, and in 2010, was featured in The New York Times.

  7. Waste collection - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waste_collection

    Manual waste collection in Bukit Batok West, Singapore. Waste collection is a part of the process of waste management. It is the transfer of solid waste from the point of use and disposal to the point of treatment or landfill. Waste collection also includes the curbside collection of recyclable materials that technically are not waste, as part ...

  1. Ads

    related to: waste management practices