waste management

Also known as waste disposal

generation, prevention, characterization, monitoring, treatment, handling, reuse and residual disposition of wastes

AI overview

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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Research

142,141 papers

Effective Medical Waste Management for Sustainable Green Healthcare.ReviewInternational journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Lee SM, Lee DDOI: 10.3390/ijerph192214820
Nanoparticles impact in biomedical waste management.ReviewWaste management & research : the journal of the International Solid Wastes and Public Cleansing Association, ISWA · 2020Patil PM, Bohara RADOI: 10.1177/0734242X20936761
Waste management developments in the last five decades: Asian perspective.ReviewWaste management & research : the journal of the International Solid Wastes and Public Cleansing Association, ISWA · 2023Agamuthu P, Babel SDOI: 10.1177/0734242X231199938
Towards the effective E-waste management in Bangladesh: a review.ReviewEnvironmental science and pollution research international · 2019Masud MH, Akram W, Ahmed A et al.DOI: 10.1007/s11356-018-3626-2
Current perspectives of biomedical waste management in context of COVID-19".Indian journal of medical microbiology · 2021Capoor MR, Parida ADOI: 10.1016/j.ijmmb.2021.03.003
Comparison of medical waste management methods in different countries: a systematic review.Reviews on environmental health · 2023Fadaei ADOI: 10.1515/reveh-2021-0170
Review on medical waste management in China and Nigeria.ReviewWaste management & research : the journal of the International Solid Wastes and Public Cleansing Association, ISWA · 2025Okonkwo CU, Liyuan L, Jianbo G et al.DOI: 10.1177/0734242X241271018
E-waste management in India: A mini-review.ReviewWaste management & research : the journal of the International Solid Wastes and Public Cleansing Association, ISWA · 2018Awasthi AK, Wang M, Wang Z et al.DOI: 10.1177/0734242X18767038

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Encyclopedic overview

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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