Waste stream

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-029972",
  "term": "Waste stream",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Waste Stream",
  "definition": "1. Refers to the total flow of solid waste from homes, businesses, institutions, and manufacturing plants that must be recycled, incinerated, or disposed of in landfills; or any segment there of, such as the \"residential waste stream\" or the \"recyclable waste stream.\"\n\n2. The total flow of solid waste from homes, businesses, institutions, and manufacturing plants that is recycled, burned, or disposed of in landfills, or segments thereof such as the \"residential waste stream\" or the \"recyclable waste stream.\"\n\n3. Industrial solid waste material that is generated by a specific manufacturing process or client. For wastes generated at the facility that includes the industrial waste landfill, a waste stream is the industrial solid waste material generated by a specific processing unit at that facility. For industrial solid wastes that are received from off-site facilities, a waste stream can be defined as each waste shipment or group of waste shipments received from a single client or group of clients that produce industrial solid wastes with similar waste properties.",
  "subject": "Land, waste and cleanup",
  "references": [
    "U.S.EPA, 1989",
    "Terms of Environment",
    "40 CFR 98.468 (CFR 2013)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/waste-stream/"
}