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This section of WasteNet contains a collection of fact sheets about waste and strategies and technologies for dealing with it. Waste StreamsA useful way of thinking of waste issues is to break waste down into categories - sometimes called waste 'streams'. For example, Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) refers to the waste produced by households and is an important waste stream. Managing MSW requires specialist strategies on account of its physical characteristics and its source. The same is true of other waste streams, hence the value in distinguishing between them. To learn more about waste streams and how they can be managed, click on Waste Streams in the side bar. |  |
Waste Hierarchy
Another useful way of approaching waste issues is to distinguish between the strategies for managing waste. The so-called Waste Hierarchy has become a popular means of categorising strategies for reducing the impacts caused by waste. To learn more, click on Waste Hierarchy in the side bar.