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definition of waste  

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  • The term waste, as a noun used colloquially, means some form of devastation such as wasteland; on a smaller scale, it is synonymous with rubbish, garbage, and trash. Waste also has specific meanings, defined for a particular purpose. [Source: Encyclopedia of Consumption and Waste: The Social Science of Garbage; Definition of Waste]

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