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  2. Anaerobic digestion - Wikipedia

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    Pressure from environmentally related legislation on solid waste disposal methods in developed countries has increased the application of anaerobic digestion as a process for reducing waste volumes and generating useful byproducts. It may either be used to process the source-separated fraction of municipal waste or alternatively combined with ...

  3. Waste management - Wikipedia

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    Waste management or waste disposal includes the processes and actions required to manage waste from its inception to its final disposal. [1] This includes the collection, transport, treatment, and disposal of waste, together with monitoring and regulation of the waste management process and waste-related laws, technologies, and economic mechanisms.

  4. Biodegradable waste - Wikipedia

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    Removing such waste from the rest of the waste stream substantially reduces waste volumes for disposal and also allows biodegradable waste to be composted. Biodegradable waste can be used for composting or a resource for heat, electricity and fuel by means of incineration or anaerobic digestion. [7]

  5. Waste treatment - Wikipedia

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    Waste treatment refers to the activities required to ensure that waste has the least practicable impact on the environment. In many countries various forms of waste ...

  6. Waste treatment technologies - Wikipedia

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    The human sewage and the process waste from the manufacturing industries are the two major sources of the waste water. In Thailand, the total volume of the wastewater from industries is much greater than that of the domestic sewage. [2] As a result, an effective method is needed.

  7. List of waste management acronyms - Wikipedia

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    WDA Waste Disposal Authority; WDF WasteDataFlow (web-based system for municipal waste data reporting by UK local authorities) WEEE Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment; WET Waste and Emissions Trading Act 2003; WFD Waste Framework Directive; WID Waste Incineration Directive; WIP Waste Implementation Programme; WIPP Waste Isolation Pilot Plant

  8. Food loss and waste - Wikipedia

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    It includes cooking loss and natural shrinkage (for example, moisture loss); loss from mould, pests, or inadequate climate control; and food waste. Food waste is a component of food loss and occurs when an edible item goes unconsumed, as in food discarded by retailers due to color or appearance, and plate waste by consumers";

  9. Yellow grease - Wikipedia

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    The recycling of waste cooking oil (aka restaurant grease, used cooking oil or yellow grease) is a process known as “rendering”. During the rendering process fatty acid is separated from the moisture, the solids and any impurities that are present in the waste cooking oil.