Household waste

Household Waste (Domestic Waste)
Solid waste, composed of garbage and rubbish, which normally originates in a private home or apartment house. Domestic waste may contain a significant amount of toxic or hazardous waste.

Household waste
this includes rubbish thrown in bins at home and collected by the local council. Also, litter collection and street sweepings, garden rubbish, rubbish from civic amenity sites and rubbish collected for recycling or composting ...

Household waste
Waste that contains paper, cardboard, textiles (for example fabric or carpet), timber, food, garden clippings, glass, plastic and other manufactured materials.
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Household Waste includes waste from premises occupied by a charity; land belonging to domestic property, caravan or residential home; private garage; moored houseboat; camp sites; prisons and penal institutions; public meeting halls; ...

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Definition (english only)
Solid waste composed of garbage and rubbish, which normally originates from houses.

usually refers to household wastes, but this word is being
replaced by the term -wastewater.
wastewater treatment plant. A facility that receives ...

In the former East Germany, organic household waste was collected and used as fodder for pigs.

Unlike household waste water that enters sewers or septic systems and undergoes treatment before it is discharged into the environment, what runs off from your car goes right into storm drains -- and eventually into rivers, streams, ...

Recycle more and buy recycled. Save up to 2,400 pounds of carbon dioxide each year just by recycling half of your household waste. By recycling and buying products with recycled content, you also save energy, resources and landfill space.

cesspool An underground catch basin for liquid waste, such as household waste. Also called a septic tank.

in the diagnosis, treatment, or immunization of human beings or animals, in research pertaining thereto, or in the production or testing of biologicals, excluding hazardous waste identified or listed under 40 CFR Part 261 or any household waste as ...

Storm water, surface water, and groundwater infiltration also may be included in the wastewater that enters a wastewater treatment plant. The term -sewage usually refers to household wastes, but this word is being replaced by the term -wastewater.

See also: Waste, Environment, Water, Air, Recycling