• Best practicable environmental option
  Best practicable environmental option
  The Best Practicable Environmental Option , is a set of procedures adopted by Great Britain with the goal of managing waste and other environmental concerns. According to the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution, BPEO "emphasises the protection and conservation of the environment across...
  
  
• Extended producer responsibility
  Extended producer responsibility
  Extended producer responsibility is a strategy designed to promote the integration of environmental costs associated with goods throughout their life cycles into the market price of the products.- Definition :...
  
  
• Muda (Japanese term)
• Pay as you throw
  Pay as you throw
  Pay as you throw is a usage-pricing model for disposing of municipal solid waste. Users are charged a rate based on how much waste they present for collection to the municipality or local authority.A variety of models exist depending on the region and municipality...
  
  
• Polluter pays principle
  Polluter pays principle
  In environmental law, the polluter pays principle is enacted to make the party responsible for producing pollution responsible for paying for the damage done to the natural environment. It is regarded as a regional custom because of the strong support it has received in most Organisation for...
  
  
• Precautionary principle
  Precautionary principle
  The precautionary principle or precautionary approach states that if an action or policy has a suspected risk of causing harm to the public or to the environment, in the absence of scientific consensus that the action or policy is harmful, the burden of proof that it is not harmful falls on those...
  
  
• Product stewardship
  Product stewardship
  Product stewardship is a concept whereby environmental protection centers around the product itself, and everyone involved in the lifespan of the product is called upon to take up responsibility to reduce its environmental impact. For manufacturers, this includes planning for, and if necessary,...
  
  
• Proximity principle
  Proximity principle
  - Waste Management :The proximity principle advocates that waste should be disposed of close to the point at which it is generated, thus aiming to achieve responsible self-sufficiency at a regional/or sub regional level...
  
  
• Waste hierarchy
  Waste hierarchy
  The waste hierarchy refers to the 3 Rs of reduce, reuse, recycle, or and [ which classify waste management strategies according to their desirability. The Rs are meant to be a hierarchy, in order of importance...
  
  
  • Reduce
    Waste minimisation
    Waste minimization is the process and the policy of reducing the amount of waste produced by a person or a society.Waste minimization involves efforts to minimize resource and energy use during manufacture. For the same commercial output, usually the fewer materials are used, the less waste is...
    
    
  • Reuse
    Reuse
    To reuse is to use an item more than once. This includes conventional reuse where the item is used again for the same function, and new-life reuse where it is used for a different function. In contrast, recycling is the breaking down of the used item into raw materials which are used to make new...
    
    
  • Recycle
• Zero waste
  Zero waste
  Zero waste is a philosophy that encourages the redesign of resource life cycles so that all products are reused. Any trash sent to landfills and incinerators is minimal. The process recommended is one similar to the way that resources are reused in nature...
  
  

See also

• List of waste management acronyms
• List of waste management topics
• Sustainability
  Sustainability
  Sustainability is the capacity to endure. For humans, sustainability is the long-term maintenance of well being, which has environmental, economic, and social dimensions, and encompasses the concept of union, an interdependent relationship and mutual responsible position with all living and non...