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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The Morganton News Herald 03 Dec 2023
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Area holiday parades

Winston-Salem Journal 30 Nov 2023
Winston-Salem and Greensboro will be having their holiday parades this weekend. The Winston-Salem parade will begin at 5 p.m ... Sanitation officials for the City of Winston-Salem said that "Forsyth County residents can take used cooking oil and other household hazardous waste to 3RC The EnviroStation located at 1401 S ... Drive, Winston-Salem....
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Ask SAM: Holiday parades this weekend

Winston-Salem Journal 30 Nov 2023
Winston-Salem and Greensboro will be having their holiday parades this weekend. The Winston-Salem parade will begin at 5 p.m ... Sanitation officials for the City of Winston-Salem said that “Forsyth County residents can take used cooking oil and other household hazardous waste to 3RC The EnviroStation located at 1401 S ... Drive, Winston-Salem....
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Tackling climate change and addressing hunger: States recycle and donate food headed to landfills

Statesville Record & Landmark 30 Nov 2023
New York is among a growing number of states targeting food waste over concerns it is taking up diminishing landfill space and contributing to global warming as meat, vegetables and dairy release the greenhouse gas methane after being dumped in a landfill ... Globally, about a third of food is wasted....
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Uncontested at the ballot, Salem council trio outlines plans for new term

Cleburne Times-Review 24 Nov 2023
SALEM — They didn't face challenges in their re-election bids this year, but they've still each lined up two years of promises to deliver for the new term ahead ... There are some parallels to the plans from Cohen and Andy Varela in Ward 7, convenient since they share representation of Salem State University....
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North Shore News in Brief

The Salem News 16 Nov 2023
Salem Trash, Recycling, and Yard Waste ... Each bulk item is $20 paid directly to Waste Management ... The final curbside yard waste pickup is the week of Dec.11 ... 11th from 8 am to noon, Salem residents with ID or tax bill) can recycle electronic waste at a drive thru event Salem High School, 77 Willson St....
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Turkeypalooza helps local organizations combat hunger

Winston-Salem Journal 14 Nov 2023
Car rams into front of landmark barbecue restaurant in Winston-Salem Ask SAM ... Campus Kitchen is one of the university’s premier sustainability initiatives; rescuing and recovering food from local grocery stores and the campus dining halls that would otherwise go to waste and using it to fight hunger and poverty in the greater Winston-Salem area....
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Curtain falls on the second act of a downtown icon

Winston-Salem Journal 13 Nov 2023
Long before he committed an unpardonable sin by calling Winston-Salem “bucolic” and moving what was then R.J ... An open-air lounge off the orchestra lobby of the UNCSA's Stevens Center in downtown Winston-Salem, can no longer be used for its intended purpose as a smoking area, and is therefore wasted space, according to school officials....

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