Waste

Waste and wastes are unwanted or unusable materials. Waste is any substance which is discarded after primary use, or it is worthless, defective and of no use.

The term is often subjective (because waste to one person is not necessarily waste to another) and sometimes objectively inaccurate (for example, to send scrap metals to a landfill is to inaccurately classify them as waste, because they are recyclable). Examples include municipal solid waste (household trash/refuse), hazardous waste, wastewater (such as sewage, which contains bodily wastes (feces and urine) and surface runoff), radioactive waste, and others.

Definitions

United Nations Environment Program

According to the Basel Convention,

United Nations Statistics Division, Glossary of Environment Statistics

European Union

Under the Waste Framework Directive, the European Union defines waste as "an object the holder discards, intends to discard or is required to discard."

Types

There are many waste types defined by modern systems of waste management, notably including:

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Majority Leader Schumer Floor Remarks On House Republicans Wasting Time On Extremist Proposals That Cannot Become Law And The Need For Bipartisan Legislation To Avoid A Harmful Government Shutdown (United States Senate Democrats)

Public Technologies 21 Sep 2023
Instead of decreasing the chances of a shutdown, Speaker McCarthy is actually increasing it by wasting time on extremist proposals that everyone knows he knows cannot become law ... Instead of decreasing the chance of a shutdown, Speaker McCarthy is actually increasing it by wasting time on extremist proposals that cannot become law....
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Simon: Stop wasting time on Lumberyard

Aspen Times 18 Sep 2023
I believe the City should concentrate on properly administering our existing employee inventory to ensure only current employees actually working (not just at home) live in these units ... PLEASE STOP WASTING TIME ON THIS PROJECT. Eric Simon. Snowmass ....
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Kinzinger: Republicans Wasted Time on Hunter Biden 'Witch-Hunt'

Breitbart 17 Sep 2023
CNN commentator Adam Kinzinger said Sunday on "State of the Union" that Republicans wasted time on the Hunter Biden probes, which he called a "witch-hunt." ... ....
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CJI pulls up advocate for saying Top Court wasting time on constitutional matters

India Today 15 Sep 2023
CJI pulls up advocate for saying Top Court wasting time on constitutional matters ... ....
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Sen. Tommy Tuberville nudges House GOP to not ‘waste time’ on Biden impeachment

New York Post 13 Sep 2023
Tommy Tuberville expressed skepticism over the impeachment inquiry against President Biden, though he said he would like to know the “truth” about Biden’s financial dealings and urged the House GOP to not “waste time.” ... let’s not waste time....
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Germany 'Wasting Time' On Missile Decision, Says Ukraine

MENA FN 12 Sep 2023
(MENAFN - The Peninsula) AFP Kyiv. Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on Monday urged Berlin to supply Ukraine with long-range Taumissiles during a surprise visit to Kyiv by German Foreign Minister ... ....

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