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 is a peer-to-peer and friend-to-friend protocol and software application developed by Justin Frankel at Nullsoft in 2003 that features instant messaging...

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

waste container, also known as a dustbin, rubbish bin, trash can, and garbage can, among other names, is a type of container intended to store waste that...

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

wasting, also known as wasting syndrome, refers to the process by which a debilitating disease causes muscle and fat tissue to "waste" away. Wasting is...

Municipal solid waste (MSW), commonly known as trash or garbage in the United States and rubbish in Britain, is a waste type consisting of everyday items...

process of converting waste materials into new materials and objects. This concept often includes the recovery of energy from waste materials. The recyclability...

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,...

Electronic waste (or e-waste) describes discarded electrical or electronic devices. It is also commonly known as waste electrical and electronic equipment...

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

Zero waste, or waste minimization, is a set of principles focused on waste prevention that encourages redesigning resource life cycles so that all products...

Look up waste in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Waste is unwanted or undesired material. Waste, WASTE or W.A.S.T.E. may also refer to: W.A.S.T.E., the...

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...

The Waste Land is a poem by T. S. Eliot, widely regarded as one of the most important English-language poems of the 20th century and a central work of...

A waste collector, also known as a garbage man, garbage collector, trashman (in the U.S), binman or dustman (in the UK), is a person employed by a public...

Industrial waste is the waste produced by industrial activity which includes any material that is rendered useless during a manufacturing process such...

Look up wasted in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Wasted may refer to: Wasted: Tales of a GenX Drunk, a 1997 memoir by Mark Judge Wasted: A Memoir of...

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...

Waste sorting is the process by which waste is separated into different elements. Waste sorting can occur manually at the household and collected through...

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

Green waste, also known as "biological waste", is any organic waste that can be composted. It is most usually composed of refuse from gardens such as...

Waste Not (Chinese: 物尽其用; pinyin: Wù jìn qí yòng) is an exhibit by Chinese artist Song Dong that displays over 10,000 domestic objects formerly owned...

Human waste (or human excreta) refers to the waste products of the human digestive system, menses, and human metabolism including urine and feces. As part...

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

for the disposal of waste materials. It is the oldest and most common form of waste disposal, although the systematic burial of waste with daily, intermediate...

Wastewater (or waste water) is water generated after the use of freshwater, raw water, drinking water or saline water in a variety of deliberate applications...

Metabolic wastes or excrements are substances left over from metabolic processes (such as cellular respiration) which cannot be used by the organism (they...

Binding waste is damaged, misprinted, or surplus paper or parchment reused in bookbinding. Whether as whole sheets or fragments (disjecta membra), these...

discussion to help reach a consensus. › Waste Management, Inc., doing business as WM, is a waste management, comprehensive waste, and environmental services company...