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Preferred term

waste disposal authority  

Definition(s)

  • Any human society produces waste—residues or items, materials and substances having lost all use and exchange value. What is considered to be waste varies widely from one society to another depending on its cultural, sociological, religious codes, history, and economic system. [Source: Encyclopedia of Consumption and Waste: The Social Science of Garbage; Waste Disposal Authority]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-G94WR302-1

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