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2. 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 ...

3. Waste minimisation - Wikipedia

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   Zero waste; This is a whole systems approach that aims to eliminate waste at the source and at all points down the supply chain, with the intention of producing no waste. It is a design philosophy which emphasizes waste prevention as opposed to end of pipe waste management. [5]

4. Zero waste - Wikipedia

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   In a zero waste system, all materials are reused until the optimum level of consumption is reached. Zero waste refers to waste prevention as opposed to end-of-pipe waste management. [2] It is a "whole systems" approach that aims for a massive change in the way materials flow through society, resulting in no waste. [2]

5. 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 ...

6. Waste management industry - Wikipedia

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   Waste management industry, or waste industry for short, subsumes all industrial branches concerned with waste management, waste dumping, waste recycling and - to a lesser degree - waste prevention. Within Germany, waste management has evolved into a large economic sector. There are more than 270,000 people working in some 11,000 companies with ...

7. Materials recovery facility - Wikipedia

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   A materials recovery facility for the recycling of domestic waste Clean materials recovery facility recycling video. A materials recovery facility, materials reclamation facility, materials recycling facility or multi re-use facility (MRF, pronounced "murf") is a specialized waste sorting and recycling system [1] that receives, separates and prepares recyclable materials for marketing to end ...

8. List of waste management acronyms - Wikipedia

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   WISARD Waste Integrated Systems Assessment for Recovery and Disposal; WLP Waste Local Plan; WLWA West London Waste Authority; 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)

9. History of waste management - Wikipedia

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   In addition to these systems in Syria, there is also evidence of sophisticated waste management systems within other societies in the past. The Ancient Roman Empire used sophisticated aqueduct and waste removal systems throughout their empire. [6] Utilizing the Cloaca Maxima, the engineers of Ancient Rome created a vast network of sewers. [7]