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  2. Business waste - Wikipedia

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    Business waste is waste generated in commercial establishments, like retail shops, places of entertainment, or administration. [1] Business waste is defined in contrast to household waste. But like those, they usually can be disposed of via municipal waste management.

  3. 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";

  4. 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 ...

  5. List of waste management acronyms - Wikipedia

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    WS2007 Waste Strategy for England 2007 (superseded by the Waste Management Plan for England (2013)) WSA Waste Strategy Area (e.g. 11 WSAs in Scotland) WtE Waste-to-Energy

  6. How this restaurant owner is reducing food waste and feeding ...

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    Restaurant has outdoor fridge that has free food for needy Minu Pauline is a restaurant owner in India, who, like many restaurant owners, didn't pay much mind to how much leftover food she was ...

  7. Industrial waste - Wikipedia

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    Eliminating land disposal—land disposal means placing waste on or in land (e.g. injection wells, landfills, etc.), and the Land Disposal Restrictions (LDR) program (under HSWA) forbids untreated hazardous waste from land disposals, and requires the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to set specific treatment standards that must be met ...

  8. Commercial waste - Wikipedia

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    Commercial waste consists of waste from premises used mainly for the purposes of a trade or business or for the purpose of sport, recreation, education or entertainment, but excluding household, agricultural or industrial waste.

  9. Landfill - Wikipedia

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    A landfill [a] is a site for the disposal of waste materials. It is the oldest and most common form of waste disposal, although the systematic burial of waste with daily, intermediate and final covers only began in the 1940s. In the past, waste was simply left in piles or thrown into pits (known in archeology as middens).