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Waste

Waste is the fourth largest source sector of global emissions, accounting for 3.3% of total greenhouse gas emissions in 2018. (1) It also has a major impact on our environment because of the pollution it generates in water, air or land.

Waste

It has a major impact on our environment because of the pollution it generates in water, air or land. Sustainable waste management is based on a life-cycle approach: from avoidance, reduction, reuse, repair and finally recycling, treatment and disposal. It is often necessary to develop actions by type of waste because not all waste has the same specificity (food, general, electronic, garage, hazardous, medical).

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Waste management: principles and life cycle
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Waste management: principles and life cycle

Waste from electrical and electronic equipment
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Waste from electrical and electronic equipment

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