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waste hierarchy: a standalone construct

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Waste management

a ranking of waste options from prevention through reuse, recycling and recovery to disposal, with limits for reducing material throughput.

In waste management, waste hierarchy refers to a ranking of waste options from prevention through reuse, recycling and recovery to disposal, with limits for reducing material throughput. This meaning comes from Van Ewijk (2016) in Journal of Cleaner Production.[1]

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References

Van Ewijk, S., & Stegemann, J. A. (2016). Limitations of the waste hierarchy for achieving absolute reductions in material throughput. Journal of Cleaner Production, 132, 122-128. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.11.051

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