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What is Waste?
Different types of • a product or substance which is no longer suited for
its intended use

Waste People
• in natural ecosystems, waste (i.e. oxygen, carbon
dioxide, and dead organic matter) is used as food or a
reactant

Generate • waste materials resulting from human activities are

often highly resilient and take a long time to
decompose.

Why should we
classify wastes?
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Why should we classify wastes?

•defining and classifying waste based
on risks related to the environment
and human health is important in
order to provide appropriate and
effective waste management
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Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

• Requires producers of hazardous waste to keep
records of how their wastes are handled from
the time their wastes are made until they are
disposed of properly.
• However illegal dumping happens because
hazardous waste disposal is very expensive
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