Waste Generation: The weight or volume of materials and products that enter the waste stream before recycling, composting, landfilling, or combustion takes place.
Waste generation
Generation of unwanted materials including recyclables as well as garbage. Waste generation = materials recycled + waste to landfill.
Waste hierarchy, waste management hierarchy ...
Minimizing waste generation by recovering and reprocessing usable products that might otherwise become waste (. i.e. recycling of aluminium cans, paper, and bottles, etc.).
Recycling and Reuse Business Assistance Centres ...
Waste Reduction Using source reduction, recycling, or composting to prevent or reduce waste generation.
Recycle: Minimizing waste generation by recovering and reprocessing waste into usable products that might otherwise become waste (e.g., recycling of aluminum cans, paper, and bottles, etc.).
Report Highlights
Other data in the report show many recycling trends are up while waste generation is decreasing: ...
Pollution Prevention - The active process of identifying areas, processes, and activities which create excessive waste by-products for the purpose of substitution, alteration, or elimination of the process to prevent waste generation.
nanufacture, acquisition, and reuse of materials so as to minimize the quantity and/or toxicity of waste produced. Waste is eliminated by redesigning products or by otherwise changing societal patterns of consumption, use, and waste generation.
New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority coordinates energy matters and monitors low-level radioactive waste generation and management for the State.
 See also: Waste, Reduce, Environment, Release, Water
  
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