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Meaning of "waste management" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF WASTE MANAGEMENT

waste management  [weɪst ˈmænɪdʒmənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WASTE MANAGEMENT

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Waste management is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES WASTE MANAGEMENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

waste management

Waste management

Waste management is the "generation, prevention, characterization, monitoring, treatment, handling, reuse and residual disposition of solid wastes". There are various types of solid waste including municipal, agricultural, and special. The term usually relates to materials produced by human activity, and the process is generally undertaken to reduce their effect on health, the environment or aesthetics. There is a wide array of issues relating to waste management and those areas include: ▪ Generation of waste ▪ Waste minimization ▪ Recycling and reuse ▪ Storage, collection, transport, and transfer ▪ Treatment ▪ Landfill disposal ▪ Environmental considerations ▪ Financial and marketing aspects ▪ Policy and regulations ▪ Education and training ▪ Planning and implementation. Waste management practices are not uniform among: countries; regions, and sectors.

Definition of waste management in the English dictionary

The definition of waste management in the dictionary is the activity of dealing with waste.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH WASTE MANAGEMENT


acknowledgement
ækˈnɒlɪdʒmənt
acknowledgment
əkˈnɒlɪdʒmənt
arrangement
əˈreɪndʒmənt
co-management
kəʊˈmænɪdʒmənt
crisis-management
ˈkraɪsɪs ˈmænɪdʒmənt
discouragement
dɪsˈkʌrɪdʒmənt
disengagement
ˌdɪsɪnˈɡeɪdʒmənt
encouragement
ɪnˈkʌrɪdʒmənt
engagement
ɪnˈɡeɪdʒmənt
enlargement
ɪnˈlɑːdʒmənt
impingement
ɪmˈpɪndʒmənt
infringement
ɪnˈfrɪndʒmənt
judgement
ˈdʒʌdʒmənt
judgment
ˈdʒʌdʒmənt
management
ˈmænɪdʒmənt
micromanagement
ˈmaɪkrəʊˌmænɪdʒmənt
middle-management
ˈmɪdəl ˈmænɪdʒmənt
mismanagement
ˌmɪsˈmænɪdʒmənt
prejudgment
priːˈdʒʌdʒmənt
rearrangement
ˌriːəˈreɪndʒmənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WASTE MANAGEMENT

waste
waste disposal
waste disposal unit
waste ground
waste heat recovery
Waste Land
waste material
waste minimization
waste pipe
waste products
waste water
wastebasket
wastebin
wasted
wasteful
wastefully
wastefulness
wastel
wasteland
wastelot

WORDS THAT END LIKE WASTE MANAGEMENT

abonnement
achievement
advertisement
agreement
amusement
announcement
apartment
basement
element
enforcement
implement
improvement
involvement
measurement
movement
placement
replacement
requirement
retirement
statement
supplement

Synonyms and antonyms of waste management in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «waste management» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WASTE MANAGEMENT

Find out the translation of waste management to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of waste management from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «waste management» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

废弃物管理
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

gestión de residuos
570 millions of speakers

English

waste management
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कचरा प्रबंधन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

إدارة النفايات
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

управление отходами
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

gestão de resíduos
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বর্জ্য ব্যবস্থাপনা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

la gestion des déchets
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

pengurusan sisa
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Abfallwirtschaft
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

廃棄物管理
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

폐기물 관리
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Manajemen sampah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

quản lý chất thải
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கழிவு மேலாண்மை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कचरा व्यवस्थापन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

atık Yönetimi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

gestione dei rifiuti
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

gospodarowanie odpadami
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

управління відходами
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

de gestionare a deșeurilor
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

διαχείριση των αποβλήτων
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

afvalbestuur
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

avfallshantering
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

avfallshåndtering
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of waste management

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WASTE MANAGEMENT»

The term «waste management» is very widely used and occupies the 20.988 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WASTE MANAGEMENT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about waste management

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2 QUOTES WITH «WASTE MANAGEMENT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word waste management.
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Lisa Gansky
Cities are ripe for redesign, and many are already well on that path. Cloud-based networks that provide easy and inexpensive access to and tracking of services like transportation, energy, waste management, bill pay, citizen engagement and more are testing and enriching their services.
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Carlo Ratti
The deployment of geolocating tags attached to ordinary garbage could paint a surprising picture of the waste management system, as trash is shipped throughout the country in a maze-like disposal process - as we saw in Seattle with our own Trash Track project.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WASTE MANAGEMENT»

Discover the use of waste management in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to waste management and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Waste Management: A Reference Handbook
An authoritative review of issues in waste management both in the United States and globally that measures the scope of the problem and examines the latest scientific and policy initiatives for addressing it.
Jacqueline Vaughn, 2009
2
Design of Landfills and Integrated Solid Waste Management
Topics covered in this Third Edition include: The role of geotechnical engineering in a variety of environmental issues Planning, marketing, and quality con trol for reuse and recycling facilities Health, safety, and economic issues related ...
Amalendu Bagchi, 2004
3
Environmental and Health Impact of Solid Waste Management ...
This book, written by international experts, discusses the various waste disposal options that are available (landfill, incineration, composting, recycling) and then reviews their impact on the environment, and particularly on human health.
Ronald E. Hester, Roy M. Harrison, 2002
4
Radioactive Waste Management, Second Edition
This reviews sources of radioactive waste and introduces radioactive decay and radiation shielding calculations.
James Saling, 2001
5
Sustainable Industrial Design and Waste Management: ...
The main objective of this book is to conserve the natural resources by approaching 100 % full utilization of all types of wastes by cradle – to - cradle concepts, using Industrial Ecology methodology documented with case studies.
Salah El Haggar, 2010
6
Waste Management
Today, humans are looking for ecological solutions, which are also economically viable. This book presents the history of this dilemma and the technical solutions available on the market today.
Martin F. Lemann, 2008
7
Improving Municipal Solid Waste Management in India: A ...
This book will be a very useful tool for city managers and various stakeholders who deal with municipal solid waste management in the design and execution of appropriate and cost-effective systems.
P U Asnani, Chris Zurbrugg, 2007
8
Electronic Waste Management
The book deals with the full range of waste management issues, including recycling and recovery of materials and design considerations for waste minimisation. In addition, the book also contains a wide variety of illustrative case studies.
Ronald E. Hester, Roy M. Harrison, 2009
9
Waste Management and Resource Recovery
This book provides a basic understanding of waste management problems and issues faced by modern society.
Charles R. Rhyner, Leander J. Schwartz, Robert B. Wenger, 1995
10
Waste Management Practices: Municipal, Hazardous, and ...
1.4 SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT Solid waste management is concerned with the generation, on-site storage, collection, transfer, transportation, processing and recovery, and ultimate disposal of solid wastes. The EPA Agenda for Action of ...
John Pichtel, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WASTE MANAGEMENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term waste management is used in the context of the following news items.
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Waste Management (WM) Stock Closed Down Following Mixed …
In the same quarter of last year, Waste Management earned 45 cents per share on revenue of $3.4 billion. Must Read: Warren Buffett's Top 25 Stocks for 2015. «TheStreet.com, Apr 15»
2
Mount Everest Poses a Challenge in Human Waste Management
While making the two-month climb, people can expel quite a bit of human waste before reaching the summit. Where does it all go? On the mountain, of course. «Big Think, Mar 15»
3
Waste Management (WM) Stock Rallying Today on Higher Profit and …
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Shares of Waste Management (WM - Get Report) are higher by 2.67% to $52.66 in early market trading Tuesday, following the ... «TheStreet.com, Feb 15»
4
How much are we trashing our oceans?
Mismanaged waste means the material is littered or not properly disposed of-- meaning there isn't a formally managed waste management system. "The study is ... «CNN, Feb 15»
5
There was a raw sewage leak at the Waste Management Open
The Waste Management Open is one of the most popular events on the PGA Tour calendar, drawing crowds upwards of 600,000 people. All those people ... «SB Nation, Jan 15»
6
Tiger Woods shoots 82 at Phoenix
He was headed back to Florida after missing the cut at the Waste Management Phoenix Open, making his first start of 2015 a shocking one to say the least. «ESPN, Jan 15»
7
Phil Mickelson misses cut at Phoenix Open for just 6th time
Phil Mickelson tried to extend his stay at the 2015 Waste Management Phoenix Open on Friday with birdie on the 15th hole to get to +2, one shot off the ... «azcentral.com, Jan 15»
8
Tiger's '15 start out of comfort zone
That's why his decision to add the Waste Management Phoenix Open to his schedule -- a tournament he has played just three times and not in 14 years -- makes ... «ESPN, Jan 15»
9
Waste Management cuts 650 jobs
Waste Management said Wednesday that 650 corporate employees -- most of them in Houston -- took the company up on its voluntary buyout program. «Chron.com, Oct 14»
10
UPDATE: Ebola victim's belongings may not be buried in Carlyss …
"After additional review, Chemical Waste Management, has notified the Veolia Environmental that it has no current plans to accept ash," the company said in a ... «KPLC-TV, Oct 14»

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