List of waste types

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Waste comes in many different forms and may be categorized in a variety of ways. The types listed here are not necessarily exclusive and there may be considerable overlap so that one waste entity may fall into one to many types. {{div col|colwidth=22em}} * Agricultural waste * Animal by-products (see slaughterhouse waste) * Biodegradable waste * Biomedical waste * Bulky waste * Business waste * Chemical waste * Clinical waste (see Biomedical waste) * Coffee wastewater * Commercial waste * Composite waste * Construction and demolition waste (C&D waste) * Controlled waste * Demolition waste * Dog waste * Domestic waste * Electronic waste (e-waste) * Food waste * Green waste * Grey water * Hazardous waste * Household waste ** Household hazardous waste * Human waste ** Sewage sludge * Industrial waste ** Slag ** Fly ash ** Sludge * Inert waste * Inorganic waste * Kitchen waste * Litter * Marine debris * Medical waste * Metabolic waste. See also Feces. * Mineral waste. See also Inorganic waste. * Mixed waste * Municipal solid waste * Nuclear waste (see Radioactive waste)

* Organic waste * Packaging waste * Post-consumer waste * Radioactive waste ** Low-level waste ** High-level waste ** Mixed waste (radioactive/hazardous) ** Spent nuclear fuel * Recyclable waste * Residual waste * Retail hazardous waste * Sewage * Sharps waste * Ship disposal * Slaughterhouse waste * Special waste (see Hazardous waste) {{div col end}}

==See also== {{Commons category|Waste}} * List of waste management companies * List of waste management topics * List of solid waste treatment technologies * List of Superfund sites in the United States * List of topics dealing with environmental issues * Pollution * Waste characterisation * Waste management * Waste-to-energy

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