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    Waste hierarchy is a tool used in the evaluation of processes that protect the environment alongside resource and energy consumption from most favourable...
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    in terms of waste minimisation. The waste hierarchy is the bedrock of most waste minimization strategies. The aim of the waste hierarchy is to extract...
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    Zero waste, or waste minimization, is a set of principles focused on waste prevention that encourages redesigning resource life cycles so that all products...
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    Recycling (redirect from Pre-consumer waste)
    is a key component of modern waste reduction and is the third component of the "Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle" waste hierarchy. It promotes environmental sustainability...
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  • decline in biodiversity, among others. According to the waste hierarchy, burning agricultural waste for the sake of energy generation is a less environmentally...
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    Prevention of food waste is the highest priority, and when prevention is not possible, the food waste hierarchy ranks the food waste treatment options...
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    Waste sorting is the process by which waste is separated into different elements. Waste sorting can occur manually at the household and collected through...
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  • treatment are graded in the waste hierarchy. Agricultural wastewater treatment is treatment and disposal of liquid animal waste, pesticide residues etc....
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    a more sustainable energy system. It is a similar approach to the waste hierarchy for minimising resource depletion, and adopts a parallel sequence....
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    Waste (or wastes) are unwanted or unusable materials. Waste is any substance discarded after primary use, or is worthless, defective and of no use. A...
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    transportation volume of waste from a jobsite. Most guidelines on C&D waste management follows the waste managing hierarchy framework. This framework...
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    economy should prefer the avoidance of waste over its reuse and recycle (in alignment with the waste hierarchy principles), while no clear actions have...
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    Source reduction Sustainable sanitation Waste hierarchy Waste management Zero waste ."Waste-Hazardous Waste-Waste Minimisation". United States Environmental...
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  • that are used to create zero-waste fashion are old books, newspapers, plastics, and shopping bags. The waste hierarchy consists of the three 'R's' -...
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    Prevention of food waste is the highest priority, and when prevention is not possible, the food waste hierarchy ranks the food waste treatment options...
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    reduce general waste under the waste hierarchy (or three 'R's) in South Korea. This Waste Management Law imposed a volume-based waste fee system, effective...
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    Waste-to-energy (WtE) or energy-from-waste (EfW) is the process of generating energy in the form of electricity and/or heat from the primary treatment...
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    form of plastic waste disposal, particularly where landfill diversion policies are in place. Plastic recycling is low in the waste hierarchy. It has been...
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  • demolition waste (C&D waste) Controlled waste Demolition waste Dog waste Domestic waste Electronic waste (e-waste) Food waste Green waste Grey water Hazardous...
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    Electronic waste recycling, electronics recycling, or e-waste recycling is the disassembly and separation of components and raw materials of waste electronics;...
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    waste generation and to use waste as a resource" (Preamble, section 28). One of the features of the WFD is the European Waste Hierarchy. End-of-waste...
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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...
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    (Green Dot) Upcycling Urban lumberjacking Waste hierarchy Waste minimisation Waste picking Wishcycling Zero waste See also Cogeneration Composting Container-deposit...
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    Paper recycling (redirect from Waste paper)
    is the process by which waste paper is turned into new paper products. It has a number of important benefits: It saves waste paper from occupying homes...
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    Environment portal Environmentalism Food rescue Reuse Scrapstore Trashion Waste hierarchy "Recycling" (PDF). Environmental Protection Agency. Retrieved 2015-05-14...
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    and recycle are part of a waste hierarchy which may be considered in product and package development. Prevention – Waste prevention is a primary goal...
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    quarry waste in place of traditional aggregate. Rejuvenators may also be produced from recycled materials, including waste engine oil, waste vegetable...
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    (Green Dot) Upcycling Urban lumberjacking Waste hierarchy Waste minimisation Waste picking Wishcycling Zero waste See also Cogeneration Composting Container-deposit...
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    top 75 were headed by Sims Municipal Recycling out of Brooklyn, New York. Waste Management operated 95 MRF facilities total, with 26 in the top 75. ReCommunity...
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    Alang, despite protests about improper disposal and mismanagement of toxic waste at the facility. In January 2006, the Supreme Court of India temporarily...
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