The waste management in Switzerland is based on the polluter pays principle. Bin bags are taxed with pay-per-bag fees in three quarters of the communes...

Waste management or waste disposal includes the processes and actions required to manage waste from its inception to its final disposal. This includes...

sustainable, waste management cannot be solved only with technical end-of-pipe solutions and an integrated approach is necessary. The waste management hierarchy...

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...

Waste management industry, or waste industry for short, subsumes all industrial branches concerned with waste management, waste dumping, waste recycling...

mainly includes kitchen waste (spoiled food, trimmings, inedible parts), ash, soil, dung and other plant matter. In waste management, it also includes some...

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end-of-pipe waste management. It is a “whole systems” approach that aims for a massive change in the way materials flow through society, resulting in no waste. Zero...

Waste management laws govern the transport, treatment, storage, and disposal of all manner of waste, including municipal solid waste, hazardous waste...

demolition waste (C&D waste) Controlled waste Demolition waste Dog waste Domestic waste Electronic waste (e-waste) Food waste Green waste Grey water Hazardous...

recycling waste has not kept pace with the rate of waste production. In Australia, Smart Bins have been introduced as a solution for waste management issues...

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

manage waste often is to not have to address the problem in the first place. Managers see waste minimisation as a primary focus for most waste management strategies...

of thousand tonnes in Switzerland. Its management is the responsibility of the producer. Up until 2006, processing of nuclear waste was mostly done overseas...

Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France...

High-level radioactive waste management addresses the handling of radioactive materials generated from nuclear power production and nuclear weapons manufacture...

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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...

Isfahan City Waste Management Organization was formed in 2003 under the affiliation of municipal services. The organization under the responsibility of...

of waste pickers worldwide, predominantly in developing countries, but increasingly in post-industrial countries as well. Various forms of waste picking...

generation, and to assist developing countries in environmentally sound management of the hazardous and other wastes they generate. The convention was opened...

residue can enter the water supply. In Switzerland, the first electronic waste recycling system was implemented in 1991, beginning with collection of old...

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...

"This created an e-waste processing industry in Europe." In Switzerland, the first electronic waste recycling system was implemented in 1991, beginning with...

are used for waste management purposes, such as temporary storage, consolidation and transfer, or for various stages of processing waste material, such...

market price of that product, contemporarily mainly applied in the field of waste management. Such societal costs are typically externalities to market...

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York. Waste Management operated 95 MRF facilities total, with 26 in the top 75. ReCommunity operated 6 in the top 75. Republic Services operated 6 in the...

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...

Incineration is a waste treatment process that involves the combustion of substances contained in waste materials. Industrial plants for waste incineration...