Biodegradable waste includes any organic matter in waste which can be broken down into carbon dioxide, water, methane, compost, humus, and simple organic...

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Biodegradable plastics are plastics that can be decomposed by the action of living organisms, usually microbes, into water, carbon dioxide, and biomass...

Kingdom, have initiated green waste recycling and collection programs in order to decrease the amount of biodegradable materials in landfills. Communities...

waste entity may fall into one to many types. Agricultural waste Animal by-products (see slaughterhouse waste) Biodegradable waste Biomedical waste Bulky...

Biodegradability prediction is biologically inspired computing and attempts to predict biodegradability of anthropogenic materials in the environment...

footprint of construction materials. Biodegradability Many bioplastics are biodegradable, which helps to reduce waste and environmental pollution at the...

Human waste (or human excreta) refers to the waste products of the human digestive system, menses, and human metabolism including urine and feces. As part...

recovery facilities, product composition, biodegradability and prevention of import/export of specific wastes may support prevention of plastic pollution...

use biodigestors for biodegradable waste in the absence of oxygen and freezing temperatures. Almost forty percent (40%) of the waste left at the glacier...

Directive to reduce biodegradable waste going to landfill. Equally great emphasis has been placed on the reduction of food waste, across all developed...

microorganisms break down biodegradable material in the absence of oxygen. The process is used for industrial or domestic purposes to manage waste or to produce fuels...

through DEFRA to help reduce the amount of biodegradable municipal waste (BMW) sent to landfill. The Waste and Emissions Trading Act 2003 provides the...

Wastewater (or waste water) is water generated after the use of freshwater, raw water, drinking water or saline water in a variety of deliberate applications...

and electronics. The composting and other reuse of biodegradable waste—such as food and garden waste—is also a form of recycling. Materials for recycling...

waste produced during pre-modern times was mainly ashes and human biodegradable waste, and these were released back into the ground locally, with minimum...

Dioxins are typically emitted from the burning of hospital waste, municipal waste, and hazardous waste, along with automobile emissions, peat, coal, and wood...

tobacco waste. One method was done where tobacco waste was separated into two categories TLW (Tobacco Leaf Waste) and TSW (Tobacco Stick Waste). TLW was...

landfills. Treating biodegradable waste before it enters a landfill reduces global warming from fugitive methane; untreated waste breaks down anaerobically...

following list represents a typical classification: Biodegradable waste: food and kitchen waste, green waste, paper (most can be recycled, although some difficult...

anaerobic digestion (decomposition under low oxygen conditions) of a biodegradable feedstock. Anaerobic digestion produces two main products: digestate...

triple GWP effect compared to incineration of the same waste. In addition, nearly all biodegradable waste has biological origin. This material has been formed...

solid waste. These bags are useful to line the insides of waste containers to prevent the insides of the container from becoming coated in waste material...

Toxic waste is any unwanted material in all forms that can cause harm (e.g. by being inhaled, swallowed, or absorbed through the skin). Mostly generated...

Radioactive waste is a type of hazardous waste that contains radioactive material. It is a result of many activities, including nuclear medicine, nuclear...

Garden waste, or green waste dumping is the act of discarding or depositing garden waste somewhere it does not belong. Garden waste is the accumulated...

a series of biological processes in which microorganisms break down biodegradable material when there is no oxygen. During anaerobic digestion, one of...

landfill gas from biodegradable waste Loss of resources Constraints on areas suitable for landfill sites Loss of recyclable components of waste landfilled Nimby...

other earthworms, to create a mixture of decomposing vegetable or food waste, bedding materials, and vermicast. This process is called vermicomposting...

being returned to the environment as biodegradable waste. This reduces the amount of (non-biodegradable) waste disposed, as recyclables are recovered...