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  2. Informal waste collection - Wikipedia

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    Informal waste collection is the activity of "manually sorting and extracting various recyclable and reusable materials from mixed waste, at legal and illegal dumpsites, on top of or under piles of waste, in bins, at various transfer points, in transport trucks or elsewhere". [1] When this activity is carried out in bins, the term "scavenging ...

  3. Waste management - Wikipedia

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    Waste collection methods vary widely among different countries and regions. Domestic waste collection services are often provided by local government authorities, or by private companies for industrial and commercial waste. Some areas, especially those in less developed countries, do not have formal waste-collection systems.

  4. List of waste management acronyms - Wikipedia

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    WCA Waste Collection Authority; 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

  5. List of words having different meanings in American and ...

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    piece of nonsensical prose, sequence of meaningless words household waste (UK "rubbish") garden (n.) area around a residential structure (US: yard) area within a yard (land) for growing plants or vegetables (UK: vegetable garden, vegetable patch) garnish (n. (v.)) (to add) decorative or savory touches to (food or drink) (v.)to furnish

  6. Recycling in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Once collected, the facility will market and sell the waste as a feedstock for various products. Notable companies involved in the waste collection and processing industry in the United States include Waste Management and Republic Services. In some cases the waste management is handled by a local government agency.

  7. Kerbside collection - Wikipedia

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    Kerbside collection or curbside collection is a service provided to households, typically in urban and suburban areas, of collecting and disposing of household waste and recyclables. It is usually accomplished by personnel using specially built vehicles to pick up household waste in containers that are acceptable to, or prescribed by, the ...

  8. List of words having different meanings in American and ...

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    a line, collection, etc. of products or merchandise, as in top of the range (US: top of the line) a type of kitchen stove like that featured on the TV programme The 1900 House: a series of things in a line (as mountains) a sequence or scale between limits

  9. Waste collection - Wikipedia

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    Waste collection is a part of the process of waste management. It is the transfer of solid waste from the point of use and disposal to the point of treatment or landfill . Waste collection also includes the curbside collection of recyclable materials that technically are not waste , as part of a municipal landfill diversion program.