List of waste management concepts

This is a list of waste management concepts.

Best practicable environmental option
Extended producer responsibility
Muda (Japanese term)
Pay as you throw
Polluter pays principle
Precautionary principle
Product stewardship
Proximity principle
Resource recovery
Waste hierarchy
- Reduce
- Reuse
- Recycle
Zero waste

See also

Biosolids, waste and waste management

Major types	Agricultural wastewater Biodegradable waste Brown waste Chemical waste Construction waste Demolition waste Electronic waste by country Food waste Green waste Hazardous waste Heat waste Industrial waste Litter Marine debris Biomedical waste Mining waste Municipal solid waste Open defecation Photodegradation Post-consumer waste Radioactive waste Sewage Toxic waste Wastewater

Processes	Anaerobic digestion Biodegradation Composting Garden waste dumping Illegal dumping Incineration Landfill Landfill mining Mechanical biological treatment Mechanical sorting Open dump Recycling Resource recovery Sewage treatment Waste collection Waste picking Waste sorting Waste trade Waste treatment Waste-to-energy

Countries	Armenia Bangladesh Brazil Hong Kong India New Zealand Russia Switzerland UK USA

Agreements	Bamako Convention Basel Convention EU directives batteries landfills RoHS framework incineration waste water WEEE London Convention Oslo Convention OSPAR Convention

Other topics	Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future Cleaner production Downcycling Eco-industrial park Extended producer responsibility High-level radioactive waste management History of waste management Landfill fire Sewage regulation and administration Upcycling Waste hierarchy Waste legislation Waste minimisation Zero waste

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Materials	Aluminium Asphalt Concrete Copper Cotton Energy Ferrous metals Glass Gypsum Paper Plastic Refrigerant Scrap Timber Vegetable oil Water

Products	Appliances Automotive oil Batteries Bottles PET bottles Computers Fluorescent lamps Lumber Mobile phones Paint Ships Textiles Tires Vehicles

Apparatus	Bins Blue bags Blue boxes Codes Collection Materials recovery facility Waste sorting

Countries	Brazil Canada Ireland Japan The Netherlands Switzerland United Kingdom Northern Ireland United States

Concepts	Dematerialization Downcycling Eco-industrial park Ecodesign Extended producer responsibility Freecycling Industrial ecology Industrial metabolism Land recycling Material flow analysis Precycling Product stewardship Recursive recycling Recycling (ecological) Resource recovery Repurposing Reuse Upcycling Urban lumberjacking Waste hierarchy Waste minimisation Waste picking Zero waste

See also	Cogeneration Composting Container deposit legislation Dumpster diving Ethical consumerism Freeganism Simple living Waste Waste-to-energy Waste collection Waste legislation Waste management Waste management concepts

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