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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Aveva commits to subscription transition

Gulf Daily News 20 Mar 2023
Aveva, a world leader in industrial software, has announced its portfolio-wide transition to a subscription business model. .   ...   ...  . Edge-to-cloud solutions ...  . He added ...   ...  . Tighter control. Power-to-X technology produces green e-methanol based on renewable wind, solar, and bio-waste energy sources ...   ...  . ....
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Maheswar Sahu, Non-Executive Director and Chairman, IRM Energy Limited

IIFL Securities 20 Mar 2023
(a) Farm Gas Pvt Ltd (to provide cost-effective and economically viable renewable energy through waste and biomass management by converting biomass as well as municipal solid waste to compressed biogas (CBG) and bio-fertilizer and (b) SKI Clean Energy Pvt Ltd (implement our ......
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Brahmapuram fire: NGT imposes Rs 100 crore penalty on Kochi Municipal Corporation

Indian Express 18 Mar 2023
The tribunal bench comprising chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel, member Justice Sudhir Agarwal and expert member Dr A Senthil Vel recommended that \u201cit is essential to establish modern solid waste treatment plants and clear the dump yards of wastes by bio-mining to separate combustible and inert material....
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Civic bodies roll out plans for source-level management of biodegradable waste

The Hindu 17 Mar 2023
Kalamassery municipality to set up Thumboormuzhi model at 10 sites in the first phase as part of its move to adopt decentralised mode of waste handling; bio bins to be distributed in over 6,000 houses in Aluva .......
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VMC wins Silver in SKOCH Awards 2022

Deccan Chronicle 16 Mar 2023
... (VMC) has won Silver in SKOCH Awards 2022 for effective running of its ''Bio-Methanation Waste-to-Energy Plant.”....
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Bengaluru civic body to build large biogas plant on PPP model The plant will be ...

Deccan Herald 16 Mar 2023
The plant’s goal is to convert 500 tonnes of organic and biodegradable waste into saleable biogas, and it aims to emulate the success of Asia’s largest bio-CNG plant in Indore, recognised as India’s cleanest city ... “We will guarantee the supply of 500 tonnes of source-segregated organic waste on a daily basis ... waste management....
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Bhalswa landfill will be cleared in one year: Kejriwal

Hindustan Times 16 Mar 2023
We are targeting the removal of another 3 million tonne of waste by December this year,” Kejriwal said after inspecting the bio-mining work at the landfill on Thursday. Kejriwal said that while the initial target was to remove 6,500 tonnes of waste per day from Bhalswa, bio-mining ......
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Businesses urged to separate waste as new regulations issued

RTE 16 Mar 2023
Under the rules - which take effect in July - waste collection companies will be required to provide green, brown and residual waste bins to all their commercial customers, and they will be obliged to ensure that the cost of recycling and the disposal of bio-costs businesses less than disposing of municipal waste....
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IndianOil to consolidate green assets under one umbrella for powering country's energy transition

Beijing News 16 Mar 2023
IndianOil has already made forays into the biofuel space, with various Biofuels projects and initiatives in Ethanol, Bio-Diesel, Compressed Bio Gas (CBG), Organic Manure, Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) and Waste to Energy being implemented....
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Food Waste Makes up Half of Global Food System Emissions

Truth Dig 16 Mar 2023
Greenhouse gases resulting from rotted and otherwise wasted food accounts for around half of all global food system emissions, according to a new study ... Food waste causes approximately half of these emissions, the new study says ... And in South Korea, the vast majority of food waste is recycled and used to create biogas, bio oil and fertiliser....
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Mega push for Green National Highway Corridor Project in 4 states! Govt signs agreement with World Bank – Details inside

Financial Express 16 Mar 2023
... by incorporating the provisions of conservation of natural resources using cement-treated sub-base/reclaimed asphalt pavement, use of local material such as fly ash, waste plastic, lime, bio-engineering measures for slope protection such as hydroseeding, coco/jute fibre, etc....
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A Comprehensive Guide to Packaging: Benefits and Techniques

Cascade Business News 16 Mar 2023
Packing material makes up to 82.2 million tons of solid waste; consumers want sustainable packing material to reduce this impact. Environmentally friendly packaging should be reusable, such as jars and cotton bags, or recyclable such as bio-plastics....
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Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan announces vigilance probe into Brahmapuram waste plant's operation

Indian Express 15 Mar 2023
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan Wednesday told the state Assembly that a vigilance probe would be held into the operations of Brahmapuram waste plant in Kochi from its inception ... 'In 2019, Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation initiated the process of setting up a bio-mining and waste-to-energy plant....

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