Waste

Waste and wastes are unwanted or unusable materials. Waste is any substance which is discarded after primary use, or it is worthless, defective and of no use.

The term is often subjective (because waste to one person is not necessarily waste to another) and sometimes objectively inaccurate (for example, to send scrap metals to a landfill is to inaccurately classify them as waste, because they are recyclable). Examples include municipal solid waste (household trash/refuse), hazardous waste, wastewater (such as sewage, which contains bodily wastes (feces and urine) and surface runoff), radioactive waste, and others.

Definitions

United Nations Environment Program

According to the Basel Convention,

United Nations Statistics Division, Glossary of Environment Statistics

European Union

Under the Waste Framework Directive, the European Union defines waste as "an object the holder discards, intends to discard or is required to discard."

Types

There are many waste types defined by modern systems of waste management, notably including:

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Decoding BBMP

Deccan Herald 25 Apr 2025
... landfills,” he observes, adding that more transparency is required on every project that is undertaken.</p>.<p>Rajagopalan feels CBG plants will be a big part of the waste-to-energy solution, through partnerships with public sector undertakings such as ONGC and GAIL....
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7 ways SM Supermalls is making every day Earth Day

Sun Star 25 Apr 2025
Support a waste-free future ... Recycle smarter with plastic and e-waste collection ... So far, these programs have diverted 63,874 kg of plastics and over 11,000 kg of e-waste from landfills — thanks to partnerships with Friends of Hope and Smart/PLDT....
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Three vessels operating in South Pacific switch to biofuels

SAFETY4SEA 25 Apr 2025
Argent Energy, a producer of waste-derived biofuels, sees this programme as a testament to the power of international partnerships in driving decarbonisation ... This successful biofuel programme highlights what can be achieved through strong international partnerships, all ......
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Elon Musk Accidentally Wasted a Vast Sum of Taxpayer Money Due to His Staggering Incompetence

Futurism 25 Apr 2025
Billionaire Elon Musk's effort to rid the government of purported "waste and fraud" has been a dismal failure ... "Not only is Musk vastly overinflating the money he has saved, he is not accounting for the exponentially larger waste that he is creating," nonprofit Partnership for Public Service chief executive Max Stier told the newspaper....
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Made in Chelsea hairdresser accused boss of racism after she was fired for chewing gum

The Daily Telegraph 25 Apr 2025
The tribunal said ... Mr Van Clarke told her that she was “wasting valuable business time” and she was expelled from the partnership in October 2023 ... The tribunal found that because her contract was a partnership agreement rather than a contract of employment, Ms Vaqueiro Lago was not an employee and therefore could not be unfairly dismissed ... Copy link ... ....
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The D Brief: India-Pakistan tensions rise; China’s ‘ChatGPT for robots’; Golden Dome price tag; Robot-wingman ...

Defense One 25 Apr 2025
Developing. India-Pakistan tensions are rising after deadly terror attack ... Gen ... “Not only is Musk vastly overinflating the money he has saved, he is not accounting for the exponentially larger waste that he is creating,” said Max Stier, the chief executive of the Partnership for Public Service, which arrived at the $135 billion price tag ... ....
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Las Piñas mayoral candidate proposes local pension fund for senior citizens

Manila Bulletin 24 Apr 2025
Las Piñas City mayoral candidate Carlo Aguilar ... He said currently, only around 11,000 seniors in Las Piñas receive the ₱1,000 monthly social pension from the national government ... He explained that the fund will be made possible through budget realignment, partnership with the private sector, and elimination of wasteful spending ... ....
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Jindal Stainless and AB Energia set new benchmark with Odisha's largest captive industrial solar plant

Steel Technology 24 Apr 2025
Sivers Semiconductors And Nisko Projects Sign Partnership Agreement To Expand Presence In Israeli Markets ... EverestLabs, developer of RecycleOS, the first AI-enabled operating system for material recovery facilities and recyclers, today announced its partnership with LRS, the nation's fifth largest independent waste diversion Read more......
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Jordan Disposal Ignites a New Era of Cleanliness in Centerton

GetNews 23 Apr 2025
Centerton's cleaner future is being realized through a strategic partnership with Jordan Disposal, a distinguished entity in the waste management sector. Centerton's cleaner future is being realized through a strategic partnership with Jordan Disposal, a distinguished entity in the waste management sector....
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Zoomlion’s transformative waste management journey

B & FT Online 23 Apr 2025
Partnerships with international technology providers, including CHEIL Engineering and Komptech, have introduced advanced waste processing systems and provided training for hundreds of industry stakeholders ... With an increasing focus on emissions reduction, waste-to-energy ......
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Khalsa College for women diverts 660 Kg biodegradable waste

The Times of India 23 Apr 2025
... Care Centre, in partnership with Clean Air Punjab, the zero-waste model involves the segregation of food and garden waste at source, composting in specially prepared pits, and reintegrating the resulting compost back into the college gardens....
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Kornit Digital and Fashion – Enter Bring On – Demand Innovation to Leicester Made 2025 ...

Fashion Capital 23 Apr 2025
Designed for efficiency, it reduces cost, floor space, and waste while maximizing throughput and profitability ... In partnership with De Montfort University, six emerging designers will be able to design their own bespoke fabric which will be digitally printed to create original pieces for the Leicester Made catwalk....
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PM Hotel Group announces 2024 Annual Sustainability Report

TravelDailyNews 23 Apr 2025
And at Hilton BWI Airport, a new composting partnership with Veterans Compost diverted over 26,000 pounds of organic waste from landfill while creating meaningful employment opportunities for returning combat veterans – uniting environmental stewardship with social impact....

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