solid waste
Trash and refuse
Solid waste is garbage, refuse, and other discarded materials that aren't liquid or gas—the physical trash generated by households, businesses, and industry.
The term appears in environmental policy and waste management contexts: The city's solid waste program includes recycling and composting.
It encompasses everything from food scraps to construction debris.
- landfillingBurying waste in earth
- garbageDiscarded waste material
- incinerationBurning waste to ash
- landfill gasEmissions from decomposing refuse
- compostingDecomposing organic matter deliberately
construction debris · garbage truck · refuse · trash · trash bag · soil contamination · sorting facility · rubbish · curb appeal · recycling · recyclable materials · dumpster · sanitary landfill · litter · fly tipping · dump site · disposal · bin
- sanitationsewage, sewers, cleaning, sewer, disinfecting
- waste managementtrash, garbage, rubbish, refuse, litter
- wastetrash, garbage, rubbish, refuse, debris
- bodily wastefeces, excrement, urine, poop, pee
- green techsolar panels, solar power, wind energy, clean energy, wind turbines
solid wasteliquid waste
Discarded fluids needing treatment
wastewater · sewage · effluent · exhaust · runoff
solid wasteraw materials
Unprocessed production inputs
resources · recyclables · commodities · assets · salvage