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=== Biowaste === | === Biowaste === | ||
Running an | Running an private biowaste recycling facility or compost as it's called you might have noticed some things like citrus fruit peels compost quite slowly compared to say some other fruit leftovers. | ||
In centralized biowaste management this might not be such an big issue due to the longer time horizon of the activity. Drying biowaste before you put it into the recycling bin helps you avoid fungus growth allowing you to take it out less frequently and also makes the job of the collector nicer | |||
=== Packaging cartons and cardboard === | === Packaging cartons and cardboard === | ||
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===Hazardous waste=== | ===Hazardous waste=== | ||
Proper dealing with hazardous waste is a very location specific issue. In developed countries there are often arrangements that the companies that sell products containing hazardous waste are also responsible for accepting and managing the handling of hazardous waste, such as batteries, chemicals, pharmaceutical products, freons and machinery oils | |||
===Other waste=== | ===Other waste=== | ||
[[Accounting standard]]s that deal properly with waste are based on [[ISO 14000]]. [[ISO 19011]] is the first real standard here. But it doesn't deal with [[natural capital]] as well as it could, nor all the [[styles of capital]]. | [[Accounting standard]]s that deal properly with waste are based on [[ISO 14000]]. [[ISO 19011]] is the first real standard here. But it doesn't deal with [[natural capital]] as well as it could, nor all the [[styles of capital]]. | ||
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*[[Recyclability]] | |||
*[[Packaging]] | |||