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  2. Pay as you throw - Wikipedia

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    PAYT programs operated in California, Michigan, New York and Washington as early as the 1970s, although The City of San Francisco “had practiced a kind of PAYT scheme since 1932.” [4] By 2000, 6,000 communities in the U.S. (20%) and 200 in Canada had implemented user fees for waste management. [2]

  3. Waste management - Wikipedia

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    Waste management or waste disposal includes the processes and actions required to manage waste from its inception to its final disposal. [1] This includes the collection , transport , treatment , and disposal of waste, together with monitoring and regulation of the waste management process and waste-related laws , technologies, and economic ...

  4. Solid waste policy of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Solid Waste Tree, Based on Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, United States Environmental Protection Agency. Solid waste means any garbage or refuse, sludge from a wastewater treatment plant, water supply treatment plant, or an air pollution control facility and other discarded material, including solid, liquid, semi-solid, or contained gaseous material resulting from industrial ...

  5. Environmental management system - Wikipedia

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    An environmental management system (EMS): [2] Serves as a tool, or process, to improve environmental performance and information mainly "design, pollution control and waste minimization, training, reporting to top management, and the setting of goals"

  6. Environment, health and safety - Wikipedia

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    Environment, health and safety (EHS) (or health, safety and environment –HSE–, or safety, health and environment –SHE–) is an interdisciplinary field focused on the study and implementation of practical aspects environmental protection and safeguard of people's health and safety, especially in an occupational context.

  7. Zero waste - Wikipedia

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    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 4-person household. In 2009, she started the blog Zero Waste Home, and in 2010, was featured in The New York Times. [16] [17]

  8. Take-back system - Wikipedia

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    The programs benefit municipalities by lowering their overall waste disposal costs and reducing the burden on landfill sites". [1] Although for certain companies, the take-back system is mandatory under legislation, many do it voluntarily. [1] Take-back can be split up into: Store retailer take-back and; Producer take-back.

  9. International Solid Waste Association - Wikipedia

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    The International Solid Waste Association (ISWA) is a non-governmental, independent and non-profit association by statutes and follows the mission statement to promote and develop professional waste management worldwide as a contribution to sustainable development. [1] [2] [3]