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2. Waste management - Wikipedia

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   Waste management deals with all types of waste, including industrial, biological, household, municipal, organic, biomedical, radioactive wastes. In some cases, waste can pose a threat to human health. [2] Health issues are associated with the entire process of waste management.

3. WM (Waste Management) (company) - Wikipedia

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   A Waste Management rolloff container in Durham, North Carolina. Waste Management, Inc., [4] [5] doing business as WM, is a waste management, comprehensive waste, and environmental services company operating in North America. Founded in 1968, the company is headquartered in the Bank of America Tower in Houston, Texas.

4. History of waste management - Wikipedia

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   The first occurrence of organised solid waste management system appeared in London in the late 18th century. [13] A waste collection and resource recovery system was established around the 'dust-yards'. Main constituent of municipal waste was the coal ash (‘dust’) which had a market value for brick-making and as a soil improver.

5. Waste - 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. 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 mechanisms.

6. Waste management industry - Wikipedia

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   Waste management industry, or waste industry for short, subsumes all industrial branches concerned with waste management, waste dumping, waste recycling and - to a lesser degree - waste prevention . Within Germany, waste management has evolved into a large economic sector. There are more than 270,000 people working in some 11,000 companies with ...

7. New York City waste management system - Wikipedia

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   New York City's waste management system is a refuse removal system primarily run by the New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY). The department maintains the waste collection infrastructure and hires public and private contractors who remove the city's waste. For the city's population of more than eight million, The DSNY collects ...