waste treatment are required by law. The treatment of solid wastes is a key component of waste management. Different forms of solid waste treatment are...

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

just 4.2%. The treatment of sewage is part of the field of sanitation. Sanitation also includes the management of human waste and solid waste as well as stormwater...

Hazardous waste is waste that must be handled properly to avoid damaging human health or the environment. Waste can be hazardous because it is toxic,...

collection, transport, treatment, and disposal of waste, together with monitoring and regulation of the waste management process and waste-related laws, technologies...

contains a list of different forms of solid waste treatment technologies and facilities employed in waste management infrastructure. Civic amenity site...

Stainless Steel in Municipal Waste Water Treatment Plants". Nickel Institute. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Water treatment. International Water Association...

following: Sewage treatment – treatment and disposal of human waste. Industrial wastewater treatment – the treatment of wet wastes from manufacturing industry...

Biomedical waste or hospital waste is any kind of waste containing infectious (or potentially infectious) materials generated during the treatment of humans...

zinc, oil and grease. A centralized waste treatment (CWT) facility processes liquid or solid industrial wastes generated by off-site manufacturing facilities...

point of treatment or landfill. Waste collection also includes the curbside collection of recyclable materials that technically are not waste, as part...

Waste stabilization ponds (WSPs or stabilization ponds or waste stabilization lagoons) are ponds designed and built for wastewater treatment to reduce...

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...

waste, food waste, soaps and detergent) while reproducing to form cells of biological solids. Secondary treatment is widely used in sewage treatment and...

Waste-to-energy (WtE) or energy-from-waste (EfW) refers to a series of processes designed to convert waste materials into usable forms of energy, typically...

countries tend to use flush toilets where the human waste is mixed with water and transported to sewage treatment plants. Children's excreta can be disposed of...

Agricultural wastewater treatment Industrial wastewater treatment List of solid waste treatment technologies Waste treatment technologies Water purification...

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

grassland. Constructed wetlands are sometimes used to facilitate treatment of animal wastes. Nonpoint source pollution includes sediment runoff, nutrient...

used by governments in different countries. Sewage treatment plants can treat some industrial wastes, i.e. those consisting of conventional pollutants...

groundwater remediation, wastewater treatment, drinking water treatment, air emissions treatment, and waste treatment industries for its acid buffering...

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

Thermal treatment is any waste treatment technology that involves high temperatures in the processing of the waste feedstock. Commonly this involves the...

as a form of waste treatment, and has been tested for the gasification of refuse-derived fuel, biomass, industrial waste, hazardous waste, and solid hydrocarbons...

A garbage disposal unit (also known as a waste disposal unit, food waste disposer (FWD), in-sink macerator, garbage disposer, or garburator) is a device...

a number of different waste treatment technologies for the disposal, recycling, storage, or energy recovery from different waste types. Each type has its...

Waste management in Japan today emphasizes not just the efficient and sanitary collection of waste, but also reduction in waste produced and recycling...

Waste Management, Inc., doing business as WM, is a waste management, comprehensive waste, and environmental services company operating in North America...

A waste-to-energy plant is a waste management facility that combusts wastes to produce electricity. This type of power plant is sometimes called a trash-to-energy...

Biodegradable waste includes any organic matter in waste which can be broken down into carbon dioxide, water, methane, compost, humus, and simple organic...