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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. Residential waste center now open in Kapolei

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   Oct. 28—For the first time in over 30 years, Honolulu says it's added a more convenient, efficient way for Oahu residents to responsibly dispose of their household rubbish. For the first time in ...

4. Landfills in the United States - Wikipedia

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   It has been designated a National Historic Landmark, underlining the significance of waste disposal in urban society. The first federal legislation addressing solid waste management was the Solid Waste Disposal Act of 1965 (SWDA) [1] that created a national office of solid waste. By the mid-1970s, all states had some type of solid waste ...

5. Clean Harbors - Wikipedia

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   Clean Harbors, Inc. was founded in 1980 in Brockton, Massachusetts, [5] [6] a Boston suburb, by Alan S. McKim, who continues as the company's CEO and chairman. The company had one truck and four employees who transported and disposed of hazardous wastes for local businesses, and over time expanded to offer emergency hazardous waste cleaning services and industrial waste disposal, as well as ...

6. Waste collection - Wikipedia

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   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 of a municipal landfill diversion program.

7. Recycling in the United States - Wikipedia

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   The Stanolind Recycling Plant was in operation as early 1947. [32] Another early recycling mill was Waste Techniques, built in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania in 1972. [citation needed] Waste Techniques was sold to Frank Keel in 1978, and resold to BFI in 1981. Woodbury, New Jersey, was the first city in the United States to mandate recycling. [33]