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A facility or mobile source that emits pollutants into the air or releases hazardous wastes into water or soil. (source: World bank)

Toda persona natural o colectiva, pública o privada, que como resultado de sus actividades produzca residuos sólidos. Fuentes: REGLAMENTO GESTIÓN DE RESIDUOS SÓLIDOS – Ministerio de Desarrollo Sostenible y Medio Ambiente da Bolivia

Mistura de gases produzidos pela ação biológica na matéria orgânica em condições anaeróbias, composta principalmente de dióxido de carbono e metano em composições variáveis

Indivíduo que efetua a varrição (ABNT)

Means – 1) In everyday usage, refuse in general. Some MSWM manuals use garbage to mean “food wastes”, althought this usage is not common. Source: UNEP-IETC, International Source Book on Environment Sound Technologies for Municipal Solid Waste Management

A chargeless, massless photon that is emitted from certain radioactive atoms. Similar to X-rays, gamma particles travel several yards in the air. Source: Department of Toxic Substance Control – California – USA

Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm has signed 11 new solid waste bills into law at a location just outside the Carlton Farms Landfill, in Sumpter Township, which currently accepts Toronto’s residual waste for disposal. This package of bills is designed to restrict the import of waste into Michigan regardless of its …

Urgent international assistance is needed to help small island states deal with a rising tide of rubbish and wastes. Studies by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) indicate that along with issues including rising sea levels, over-fishing, water shortages and inadequate sanitation services, waste is fast becoming another key problem. …

The UK National Health Service (NHS) maternity services are promoting disposable nappies by default, undermining the Government’s waste strategy and denying parents a fair choice, according to the pressure group the Womens Environmental network (WEN). Defra (The Department of the Environment) has a target of converting 155,000 households to real …

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has just issues a discussion document reporting on on-farm composting. Composting is an attractive proposition for turning on-farm organic waste materials into a farm resource. However, farmers in many parts of the world, and especially in developing countries, are unable to …