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Waste management

Meaning in environment & climate, with examples

/ˈweɪst ˌmænɪdʒmənt/nounCore term

In environment & climate, waste management means: The collection, transport, sorting, treatment, recycling and disposal of waste, together with the planning and monitoring of these activities.

In Turkish: atık yönetimi

How it is used

Used by municipalities, factories and consultants: waste management plan, waste management company, waste management facility. Companies track waste data by type and by route, such as recycling, recovery or landfill. Good waste management follows the waste hierarchy.

Example sentences

  1. We hired a licensed company to handle waste management at all three sites.

  2. The new waste management plan aims to halve the amount we send to landfill.

Common collocations

  • waste management plan
  • integrated waste management
  • waste management facility
  • waste management company
  • wasteMaterials and objects that people, homes, businesses or factories throw away because they no longer need them or can no longer use them.
  • waste hierarchyAn order of priority for dealing with waste: first prevent it, then reuse, recycle and recover energy, and only as a last option dispose of it.
  • recyclingThe process of collecting used materials such as paper, glass, metal and plastic and turning them into raw materials or new products.
  • landfillA site where waste is buried in the ground in a controlled way, usually with a lining and systems to collect leachate and landfill gas.
  • dispose ofTo get rid of something, especially waste, by throwing it away, burning it or burying it in a controlled and legal way.

More terms: Waste and Recycling

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