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    Wastes Directive. However, the list (and EWC) gives a broad definition (EWC Code 16 02 13*) of what is hazardous electronic waste, requiring "waste operators"...
    152 KB (15,937 words) - 13:13, 21 May 2024
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    waste-to-energy plants burn municipal solid waste, but some burn industrial waste or hazardous waste. A modern, properly run waste-to-energy plant sorts material before...
    9 KB (1,182 words) - 07:29, 19 January 2024
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    structures, while waste generated during construction accounts for less than 10%. Construction waste frequently includes materials that are hazardous if disposed...
    25 KB (3,064 words) - 18:43, 1 May 2024
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    supporting legislation on hazardous waste reduction (1988), waste export control (1989), and protection of endangered species (1992). Waste Management's operations...
    27 KB (2,793 words) - 18:10, 21 May 2024
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    created, many countries could not deal with the sheer quantity of e-waste, or its hazardous nature, and began to export the problem to developing countries...
    136 KB (14,125 words) - 22:38, 9 May 2024
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    of wastes that they produce is comparably large, consisting of sewage; wastewater from sinks, showers, and galleys (graywater); hazardous wastes; solid...
    33 KB (4,209 words) - 07:34, 30 December 2023
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    treatment of certain waste types in niche areas such as clinical wastes and certain hazardous wastes where pathogens and toxins can be destroyed by high temperatures...
    88 KB (9,732 words) - 19:17, 2 May 2024
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    2019-04-18. "Hazardous waste". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2019-04-18. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Waste in the United Kingdom. Waste and recycling...
    10 KB (1,120 words) - 09:01, 28 December 2023
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    Division - III (PCI-III). Urban Pollution Control Division (UPCD). Hazardous Waste Management Division (HWMD). Information Technology. Environmental Training...
    26 KB (2,328 words) - 13:39, 3 January 2024
  • agriculture. Chemical waste Hazardous waste List of solid waste treatment technologies List of waste management companies List of waste management topics...
    22 KB (2,553 words) - 01:33, 1 October 2023
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    taxpayers in the general public. Since 2001, most of the cleanup of hazardous waste sites has been funded through taxpayers generally. Despite its name...
    45 KB (5,109 words) - 00:10, 5 May 2024
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    and gaseous waste. It is recognized as a practical method of disposing of certain hazardous waste materials (such as biological medical waste). Incineration...
    86 KB (10,339 words) - 22:48, 19 May 2024
  • 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...
    18 KB (1,681 words) - 01:42, 24 April 2024
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    other countries around the world. Annually, computer devices account for nearly 70% of e-waste, 12% comes from the telecom sector, 8% from medical equipment...
    23 KB (2,725 words) - 11:27, 2 March 2024
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    Landfill (redirect from Waste dump)
    for non-hazardous waste meet predefined specifications by applying techniques to: confine waste to as small an area as possible compact waste to reduce...
    28 KB (3,073 words) - 01:34, 12 May 2024
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    Radioactive waste is a type of hazardous waste that contains radioactive material. Radioactive waste is a result of many activities, including nuclear...
    111 KB (12,767 words) - 11:38, 29 April 2024
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    Pollution (redirect from Pollution control)
    "Love Canal: hazardous waste and politics of fear" in Layzer, The Environmental Case (CQ Press, 2012) pp. 56–82. Lenssen, "Nuclear Waste: The Problem...
    73 KB (8,611 words) - 12:46, 26 April 2024
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    Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal of 1989 is an international treaty that stipulates guidelines of hazardous waste...
    87 KB (9,818 words) - 05:24, 14 May 2024
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    Biodegradable waste includes any organic matter in waste which can be broken down into carbon dioxide, water, methane, compost, humus, and simple organic...
    7 KB (2,220 words) - 14:30, 9 November 2023
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    from Hazardous Chemicals and Waste, Including Plastic Waste" The Guardian, 10 May 2019, "Nearly All Countries Agree to Stem Flow of Plastic Waste into...
    183 KB (20,320 words) - 03:12, 16 May 2024
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