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2. Waste management - Wikipedia

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   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 mechanisms. Waste can either be solid, liquid, or gases and each type has different methods of disposal and management.

3. Waste hierarchy - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

4. Waste - Wikipedia

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   The next two ('Reuse' and 'Repair') refer to increasing the usage of the existing product, with or without the substitution of certain parts of the product. 'Repurpose' and 'Recycle' involve maximum usage of the materials used in the product, and 'Recover' is the least preferred and least efficient waste management practice involving the ...

5. Waste minimisation - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

6. List of waste types - Wikipedia

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   Biomedical waste. Bulky waste. Business waste. Chemical waste. Clinical waste (see Biomedical waste) Coffee wastewater. Commercial waste. Composite waste. Construction and demolition waste (C&D waste)

7. Hazardous waste - Wikipedia

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   Waste can be hazardous because it is toxic, reacts violently with other chemicals, or is corrosive, among other traits. [1] As of 2022, humanity produces 300-500 million metric tons of hazardous waste annually. [2] Some common examples are electronics, batteries, and paints. An important aspect of managing hazardous waste is safe disposal.