waste management
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Waste management is the process of collecting, treating, and disposing of garbage and other unwanted materials that people and businesses produce. It matters because it helps protect public health and the environment by preventing waste from accumulating in communities and contaminating land and water.
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A specialized trash collection truck providing regular municipal trash collection in a neighborhood in Stockholm, Sweden Waste pickers burning e-waste in Agbogbloshie, a site near Accra in Ghana that processes large volumes of international electronic waste. The pickers burn the plastics off of materials and collect the metals for recycling, However, this process exposes pickers and their local communities to toxic fumes. Containers for consumer waste collection at the Gdańsk University of Technology A recycling and waste-to-energy plant for waste that is not exported
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