Municipal Solid Waste or MSW
Residential and commercial trash or garbage generated by a particular municipal area. These household or commercial wastes are in solid or semi-solid form and does not include hazardous waste.
Municipal Solid Waste- Garbage or refuse that is generated by households, commercial establishments, industrial offices or lunchrooms and sludges not regulated as a residual or hazardous waste. This does not include source-separated recyclables.
Municipal Solid Waste (MSW): non-hazardous discarded material generated in residential, commercial, institutional, and light industrial settings.
Municipal Solid Waste: Common garbage or trash generated by industries, businesses, institutions, and homes.
Municipal Solid Waste Recycling
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency offers facts, figures and answers to frequently asked questions about the solid waste recycling process.
Municipal Solid Waste
Residential solid waste and some non-hazardous commercial, institutional, and industrial wastes. This material is generally sent to municipal landfills for disposal.
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Imports: Municipal solid waste and recyclables that have been transported to a state or locality for processing or final disposition (but that did not originate in that state or locality).
Recycling Processing used materials into new products in order to prevent waste of potentially useful materials, Refuse Derived Fuel Fuel produced by shredding municipal solid waste (MSW) or steam pressure treating in an autoclave.
Paper products are the largest component of municipal solid waste, making up 31-38% of the composition of landfills in the United States.
Reuse - Using a product or component of municipal solid waste in its original form more than once, e.g., refilling a glass bottle that has been returned or using a coffee can to hold nuts and bolts.
An offsite facility where the organic component of municipal solid waste is decomposed under controlled conditions; 2.
Landfill Gas: Gas that is produced when organic waste materials naturally decompose in a municipal solid waste landfill. Landfill gas is approximately 50 percent methane, the primary component of natural gas, and 50 percent carbon dioxide.
World Bank. Glossary of Municipal Solid Waste Management Terms
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Refuse derived fuel (RDF) A fuel derived from the combustible portion of municipal solid waste. The fuel is often processed into small briquettes, similar in size to charcoal.
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integrated waste management Using a variety of practices to handle municipal solid waste; can include source reduction, recycling, incineration, and landfilling.
Statutory authority established under the Environment Protection Act 1970 responsible for planning for municipal solid waste. There are 16 RWMGs across Victoria each covering one or more municipalities
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 See also: Waste, Solid waste, Water, Environment, Environmental
  
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