Waste

:For other uses of the word, see Waste (disambiguation).

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Waste is unwanted or undesired material left over after the completion of a process.

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Waste can exist in any phase of matter (solid, liquid, or gas). When released in the latter two states, gas especially, the wastes are referred to as emissions. It is usually strongly linked with pollution.

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Waste produced in the wild is reintegrated through natural recycling processes, such as dry leaves in a forest decomposing into soil. Outside of the wild these wastes may become problematic, such as dry leaves in an urban environment. The highest volume of waste, outside of nature, comes from human industrial activity: mining, industrial manufacturing, consumer use, and so on1. Almost all manufactured products are destined to become waste at some point in time, with a volume of waste production roughly similar to the volume of resource consumption.

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Solid: A solid is a phase of matter characterized by resistance to deformation and to changes of volume....

Liquid: A liquid (a phase of matter) is a fluid whose volume is fixed under conditions of constant temperature and pressure; and, whose shape is usually determined by the container it fills. Furthermore, liquids exert pressure on the sides of a container as well as on anything within the liquid itself; this...

Waste related Images and Photos (experimental)

Toxic Waste Mug	Polluted Toxic Waste Glasses	Don't Waste What Others Want: American Junior Red Cross	Outsourced Don't Waste T-Shirt [Women's Banana]
Outsourced Don't Waste Water Shower Together T-Shirt	Land of the Giants Waste Basket	"Food is Ammunition--Don't Waste It" 1918	Akouedo dump in Abidjan where toxic waste was dumped in March of 2006
"Feed a Fighter: Eat Only What You Need--Waste Nothing" Poster 1918