Industrial waste
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Industrial waste is the waste produced by industrial activity which includes any material that is rendered useless during a manufacturing process such as that of factories, industries, mills, and mining operations. Types of industrial waste include dirt and gravel, masonry and concrete, scrap metal, oil, solvents, chemicals, scrap lumber, even vegetable matter from restaurants. Industrial waste may be solid, liquid or gaseous. It may be hazardous or non-hazardous waste. Hazardous waste may be toxic, ignitable, corrosive, reactive, or radioactive. Industrial waste may pollute the air, the soil, or nearby water sources, eventually ending up in the sea.
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See also
- Chemical waste
- Environmental remediation
- Environmental racism
- Global Warming
- Hazardous waste
- List of solid waste treatment technologies
- List of waste management companies
- List of waste management topics
- Recycling
- Soil Pollution
- Tailings
- Water pollution
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