Waste types
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There are many waste streams consisting of a number of waste types. These are produced by a variety of processes. Each waste type has different methods of associated waste management. The following is a list of waste types:
- Animal by-products
- Biodegradable waste
- Bulky waste
- Business waste
- Clinical waste
- Coffee wastewater
- Commercial waste
- Construction and demolition waste (C&D waste)
- Controlled waste
- Composite waste
- Domestic waste
- Electronic waste (E-waste)
- Farm waste
- Food waste
- Green waste
- Grey water
- Hazardous waste
- Household waste
- Human waste
- Industrial waste
- Inert waste
- Kitchen waste
- Litter
- Liquid waste- any waste in the liquid state of matter
- Medical waste
- Mixed waste
- Municipal solid waste
- Packaging waste
- Post-consumer waste
- Radioactive waste (nuclear waste)
- Recyclable waste
- Residual waste
- Sewage
- Sharps waste
- Slaughterhouse waste
- Special waste - see hazardous waste
- Toxic waste
- Uncontrolled waste
- Waste heat
- Wastewater
[edit] See also
- List of waste management companies
- List of waste management topics
- List of solid waste treatment technologies
- List of Superfund sites in the United States
- List of topics dealing with environmental issues
- Low-waste economy
- Pollution
- Superfund
- Waste
- Waste management
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