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  2. Waste - Wikipedia

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    Waste is produced by human activity, for example, the extraction and processing of raw materials. [38] Waste management is intended to reduce the adverse effects of waste on human health, the environment, planetary resources, and aesthetics.

  3. Waste management - Wikipedia

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    Waste is produced by human activity, for example, the extraction and processing of raw materials. [3] Waste management is intended to reduce the adverse effects of waste on human health, the environment, planetary resources, and aesthetics.

  4. Environmental issues in the United States - Wikipedia

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    A household hazardous waste collection center in Seattle, Washington, U.S. Under United States environmental policy, hazardous waste is a waste (usually a solid waste) that has the potential to: cause, or significantly contribute to an increase in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible, or incapacitating reversible illness; or

  5. List of waste types - Wikipedia

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    Waste comes in many different forms and may be categorized in a variety of ways. The types listed here are not necessarily exclusive and there may be considerable overlap so that one waste entity may fall into one to many types.

  6. List of environmental issues - Wikipedia

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    Waste — Electronic waste • Great Pacific Garbage Patch • Illegal dumping • Incineration • Litter • Waste disposal incidents • Marine debris • Medical waste • Landfill • Leachate • Toxic wasteEnvironmental impact of the coal industry • Exporting of hazardous waste

  7. Textile waste is a major environmental threat. Here's what's ...

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    According to the Environmental Protection Agency, the textile industry sent 11.3 million tons of waste to landfills in 2018, making up about 7.7% of all municipal solid waste in landfills.