List of waste management concepts

This is a list of waste management concepts.

• Best practicable environmental option
• Extended producer responsibility
• Muda (Japanese term)
• Pay as you throw
• Polluter pays principle
• Precautionary principle
• Product stewardship
• Proximity principle
• Resource recovery
• Waste hierarchy
  • Reduce
  • Reuse
  • Recycle
• Zero waste

See also

• List of waste management acronyms
• List of waste management topics
• Sustainability