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waste management

1. In the public sector, a systems approach to the efficient control of the disposal of waste in a community or region; requires the establishment of a policy regarding environmental standards, the collection and treatment of wastes, the monitoring of air, soil, and water quality, and the enforcement of established regulations.

2. In for-profit organizations, the carrying out of similar functions, with the exception of enforcement.

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No references found			Promoting a community-based solid-waste management initiative in local government: Yala municipality, Thailand. Evaluating citizen attitudes and participation in solid waste ... by Nasrabadi, Touraj; Hoveidi, Hassan; Bidhendi, Gholamreza Nabi; Yavari, Ahmad Reza; Mohammadnejad, Sh / Journal of Environmental Health In 1991, Indiana initiated a voluntary solid-waste management and recycling program to encourage the diversion of waste away from the disposal heap. Talking trash by Carmine, Leonard / Indiana Business Magazine Likewise, government officials need reliable cost information to set proper rates and to make informed decisions concerning the advisability of contracting all or a portion of their solid-waste management operations to private-sector service providers. Applying full-cost accounting to solid-waste management operations by Gauthier, Stephen J. / Government Finance Review			solid-sawn lumber solid-state solid-state amorphizing reaction solid-state battery solid-state circuit solid-state circuit breaker solid-state component solid-state counter solid-state device solid-state image sensor solid-state lamp solid-state laser solid-state maser solid-state memory solid-state physics Solid-State Physics, Institute of Solid-State Plasma solid-state power amplifier Solid-State Reaction solid-state relay solid-state storage device solid-state switch solid-state thyratron solid-state uninterruptible power system solid-state welding Solid-waste management solid-web girder solid-web steel joist solid-wood floor Solidarism Solidarity solidification Solidification Principle solidification shrinkage solids solids content Solids pump solidum Solidus Solidus Curve Solifluction solifluction lobe solifluction mantle solifluction sheet solifluction stream solifluction tongue Solifugae Soligalich Soligorsk Solihull Solikamsk			Solid-State Mission Data Recorder Solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance Solid-State Nuclear Track Detector Solid-State Over Voltage Protector Solid-state physicist Solid-state physicist solid-state physics solid-state physics Solid-State Physics, Institute of Solid-State Plasma Solid-State Polycondensation solid-state power amplifier Solid-State Power Block Solid-state reaction Solid-state relay Solid-state relays solid-state storage device solid-state switch solid-state thyratron Solid-State Transfer Switch Solid-State Transition Transfer Switch solid-state uninterruptible power system Solid-State Welding Solid-State Welding Solid-State-Pulse-Power-Module Solid-Surface Room-Temperature Phosphorimetry Solid-to-Liquid Solid-waste management solid-web girder solid-web steel joist solid-wood floor Solidago Solidago Solidago Solidago bicolor Solidago canadensis Solidago canadensis Solidago flexicaulis Solidago missouriensis Solidago multiradiata Solidago nemoralis Solidago odora Solidago rugosa Solidago sempervirens Solidago spathulata solidagos solidagos Solidaires Unitaires et Démocratiques Solidar Solidar Solidare Solidaria Solidaridad Cristiana con centroamerica Solidarietà Uomo Cooperazione Sviluppo Solidarische Einfachsteuer Solidarism Solidarism Solidaritas Buruh Sumatera Utara

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waste management (redirected from Solid-waste management)

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