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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East Texas business helps commercial kitchens stay on top of their game

Tyler Morning Telegraph 22 Sep 2023
... to provide oil, clean fryers and micro-filter the oil to make it last up to two times longer, then remove the waste oil and ensure it is recycled for biodiesel fuel,” she said ... “Once the oil has reached its end-of-life cycle we have the waste oil processed into bio-diesel.”....
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Waste segregated at Pirana dump site to be used to build highways

Indian Express 20 Sep 2023
It added that considering the perils around the dump site, the government initiated the Pirana Bio-Mining Project to convert waste into usable compost and at the same time, ensure a healthy environment for the people. Trommel machines, with a capacity of segregating 300 tonne of waste a day, were brought in March to the dump site....
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Emergent Waste Solutions Inc. and Advent Technologies Sign an MOU to Collaborate on Producing ...

Enid News & Eagle 20 Sep 2023
20, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Emergent Waste Solutions Inc ... ATS is an innovative, secure, efficient, and proven method for the converting of waste materials such as MSW, tires, plastics, biomass, and livestock waste into marketable products, such as activated carbon, carbon black, biochar, bio-coal, biogas, and bio-oil....
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Spotnana Announces Carbon Removal Offering

Hastings Tribune 20 Sep 2023
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep 20, 2023-- ... Spotnana Carbon Removal delivers high quality carbon removal offsets through a partnership with Creturner Group, which uses a Bio Carbon Capture and Storage (Bio-CCS) process to convert wood-based waste products into coal that is deposited into old, end-of-life mining pits ... About Spotnana ... About Creturner ... ....
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BASF's Biomass Balanced Plastic Additives Cut Carbon Footprint by 60% -- OPIS

Market Watch 19 Sep 2023
According to the BASF website, under the biomass balance approach, renewable resources such as bio-naphtha or bio-methane derived from organic waste, crops or vegetable oils are used as feedstock in the very first steps of chemical production. The bio-based feedstock amount is ......
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Organic Recycling Systems announces IPO

Business Line 19 Sep 2023
Organic Recycling Systems Limited, a company focused on environmental and waste management solutions, has announced ... It runs a waste-to-energy (WTE) plant developed on anaerobic bio-methanation technology....
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Purdue tackles ag report -- part 3

Citizen Tribune 19 Sep 2023
Agricultural-waste incidents recorded ... These operations include anaerobic digesters, bio-gas generators and other confined spaces used to store and process waste ... This indicates that youth and less-experienced farmers were more prone to agricultural-waste-related incidents....
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Chàm Islands target ‘zero waste’

Vietnam News 17 Sep 2023
Two Material Recovery Facility (MRF) stations, built as a pilot project in 2021-23 on two crowded beaches, Bãi Ông and Bãi Hương, have collected 33 tonnes of waste, of which 15 tonnes were recycled into 600kg of compost and 280 litres of bio-dishwasher ...Organic waste accounted ......
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ESGL Holdings Limited Secures ISCC PLUS Recertification for Plastics Waste to Sustainable ...

Enid News & Eagle 15 Sep 2023
The recertification, granted by internationally recognized TÜV NORD, allows ESGL to continue expanding its utilization of plastic waste feedstocks in its sustainable circular products portfolio ... NEWOIL™ is made entirely from 100% certified plastic wastes and exhibits the same performance characteristics as traditional fossil-based alternatives....
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Raven SR Supports STEM Education Through Sponsorship of Horizon Educational's Horizon Hydrogen Grand Prix World Final

Longview News-Journal 15 Sep 2023
Raven SR, headquartered in Wyoming, transforms biomass, mixed municipal solid waste, bio-solids, sewage, medical waste, and natural or biogas into renewable fuels ... By using modular systems and producing low air emissions, their systems can be located closer to customers and feedstock, creating local fuel from local waste for local mobility ... .......
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Membrane Microfiltration Market Set to Soar, Projected Valuation of US$ 8 Billion by 2028, Growing at a CAGR of 7.8%

Pharmiweb 15 Sep 2023
A decadal growth rate of 7.8% can be attributed to several factors, of which Future Market Insights throws deeper insights in this research study ... Membrane microfiltration is finding application in the production of biofuel and bio refineries are incorporating this technology to lower the overall energy costs and reduce industrial bio waste ... T ... ....
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Medical Waste Management Market to increase by USD 3.32 billion during 2022-2027 | Growing healthcare ...

Longview News-Journal 14 Sep 2023
Advanced Micro Devices Inc., All Medical Waste Australia Pty Ltd., BioMedical Waste Solutions LLC, BWS Inc., Casella Waste Systems Inc., Clean Harbors Inc., Daniels Health, EcoMed Services, EPCO, Gamma Waste Systems, GIC Medical Disposal Inc., GRP and Associates Inc., Hawaii Bio ......
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Green aviation fuels urged

Billings Gazette 14 Sep 2023
... agricultural or forestry residues, algae, bio-waste, used cooking oil or certain animal fats."....

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