Waste

Waste and wastes are unwanted or unusable materials. Waste is any substance which is discarded after primary use, or it is worthless, defective and of no use.

The term is often subjective (because waste to one person is not necessarily waste to another) and sometimes objectively inaccurate (for example, to send scrap metals to a landfill is to inaccurately classify them as waste, because they are recyclable). Examples include municipal solid waste (household trash/refuse), hazardous waste, wastewater (such as sewage, which contains bodily wastes (feces and urine) and surface runoff), radioactive waste, and others.

Definitions

United Nations Environment Program

According to the Basel Convention,

United Nations Statistics Division, Glossary of Environment Statistics

European Union

Under the Waste Framework Directive, the European Union defines waste as "an object the holder discards, intends to discard or is required to discard."

Types

There are many waste types defined by modern systems of waste management, notably including:

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British expat's massive 'tradie etiquette' gripe about Aussies revealed - as workers reveal what annoys ...

The Daily Mail 28 Apr 2025
They're just there to do their job and leave.' ... Others tradies added that offering use of a toilet was a much more significant etiquette gesture than the offer of a drink, because otherwise it resulted in them wasting time leaving the job site to find a nearby public toilet....
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Question of the Week: Should the church select another progressive Pope like Francis?

Florida Today 27 Apr 2025
In addition, the cost to purchase new textbooks and maps, only to have it all reversed in 4 years is a complete and historic waste of taxpayer dollars ... What a HUGE waste of energy, time and money ... How about you do your job and stop wasting tax dollars on this idiocracy....
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Labour Day: The hands that clean our mess

Dawn 26 Apr 2025
We all have work to do, kids and youngsters go to school, college and university, and adults head to their offices; but every place needs to be cleaned, and that job is done ‘before’ we even arrive ... Unfortunately, it is also one of the most overlooked and thankless jobs ... Not an easy job to do....
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Opinion: Trump’s first 100 days: consequential change for the worse

Chatanooga Times Free Press 26 Apr 2025
The first 100 days of President Donald Trump's second term have brought the most consequential changes in the federal government since Franklin D ... Trump has gone far beyond cutting federal jobs, targeting alleged waste and eliminating diversity programs ... Johnson, Barack Obama and Joe Biden expanded ... Trump has weakened U.S ... Comments .......
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Australia’s Conservatives Are Paying the Price of Kowtowing to the Left

The Daily Sceptic 26 Apr 2025
... a conscience vote and don’t want to drag that up again.) Why give Jacinta Price the Musk-like job of finding budgetary waste rather than a big-ticket cultural role? (You could be forgiven for thinking the idiots in campaign central were deliberately trying to sideline her.)....
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Canadian electronic waste recycling company invests $20M in Mesa plant, brings 30 jobs

Azcentral 25 Apr 2025
rare earth element recycling plant in Mesa.The $20 million facility will extract rare earth elements from electronic waste such as servers and electric vehicles.The plant is expected to create 30 jobs and begin operations in early 2026 ... Recruitment for the 30 jobs the Mesa facility will create was expected to begin through June 30....
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Oklahoma's job market overall is slowing — but some industries are thriving

The Oklahoman 25 Apr 2025
New OKC cafe provides job training to those experiencing homelessness ... There is some slowing in the pace of job creation," he said ... Jobs in administrative and support roles for waste management and remediation services, a subsector in the industry, declined by 3,200 workers over the last year, a 3.1% loss, despite hiring for 100 roles last month....
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Internet-obsessed and job-shy Gen Z 'refuse to work for less than £40k' as number of ...

The Daily Mail 25 Apr 2025
Sir Keir Starmer has said the number of inactive young Britons is a 'moral issue', with the Prime Minister warning of a 'wasted generation' ... Stephen Evans, the institute's chief executive, said the number of NEETs who have never had a paid job is 'really very stark and very worrying'....
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Doug Collins will make his first appearance at a congressional hearing as VA secretary in two weeks

Stars and Stripes 25 Apr 2025
The protesters objected to the loss of government jobs and uncertainty ... The memo — from VA Chief of Staff Christopher Syrek to other VA leaders — provided a blueprint for conducting job terminations with the stated goal to eliminate waste and make the VA operate more efficiently....
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Getting Your Hands Dirty Getting Attractive for Gen Z

Hot Air 25 Apr 2025
Some of the reasons seem obvious to me - the bloated cost of a college education, for one, and the ubiquitous nature of the sheepskin being required for even entry-level jobs now ... ...More than a third of all graduates now say their degree was a “waste of money,” according to a new survey by Indeed ... “The person who uses AI well might take your job.”....
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DC home inventory skyrockets following Trump admin’s federal layoffs

New York Post 25 Apr 2025
Originally Published by.. How Trump policies are affecting DC housing market ... The Department of Government Efficiency, which aimed to eliminate wasteful government spending by trimming the federal workforce, has slashed thousands of jobs across agencies such as the Department of Health and Human Services and the Internal Revenue Service ... .......
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How Humans are Shaping AI: Sapien’s Mission to Make Everyone a Contributor

Cryptopolitan 24 Apr 2025
Data needs diversity or we're all just wasting our time here ... What all this translates to is an explosion of job opportunities. In fact, this showcases AI’s ability to create more jobs than eliminate, especially in the long term. According to the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Future of Jobs Report 2025, AI could lead to a by 2030....
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Gov. Healey in ‘extremely vulnerable position’ ahead of 2026 election, internal poll from GOP challenger says

Boston Herald 24 Apr 2025
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