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  2. Waste management - Wikipedia

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    Waste management or waste disposal includes the processes and actions required to manage waste from its inception to its final disposal. This includes the collection , transport, treatment, and disposal of waste, together with monitoring and regulation of the waste management process and waste-related laws , technologies, and economic mechanisms.

  3. WM (Waste Management) (company) - Wikipedia

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    Waste Management, Inc., [4] [5] doing business as WM, is a waste management, comprehensive waste, and environmental services company operating in North America. Founded in 1968, the company is headquartered in the Bank of America Tower in Houston, Texas. The company's network includes 337 transfer stations, 254 active landfill disposal sites ...

  4. Open burning of waste - Wikipedia

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    The open burning of waste is a disposal method of waste or garbage. It is a disposal method used globally, but often used in low and middle-income countries that lack adequate waste disposal infrastructure. Numerous governments and institutions have identified the open burning of waste as a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. It also ...

  5. Waste management industry - Wikipedia

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    Waste management industry, or waste industry for short, subsumes all industrial branches concerned with waste management, waste dumping, waste recycling and - to a lesser degree - waste prevention . Within Germany, waste management has evolved into a large economic sector. There are more than 270,000 people working in some 11,000 companies with ...

  6. New York City waste management system - Wikipedia

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    New York City's waste management system is a refuse removal system primarily run by the New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY). The department maintains the waste collection infrastructure and hires public and private contractors who remove the city's waste. For the city's population of more than eight million, The DSNY collects ...

  7. Green job - Wikipedia

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    Green jobs ( green-collar jobs, sustainability jobs, eco jobs or environmental jobs [1]) are, according to the United Nations Environment Program, "work in agricultural, manufacturing, research and development (R&D), administrative, and service activities that contribute (s) substantially to preserving or restoring environmental quality.

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