BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Waste
- discarded material having no value
Wiktionary Definition for: Waste
- #A waste land; an unhabited desolate region; a wilderness.
- #A place that has been lay waste laid waste or destroyed.
- #A large tract of uncultivated land.
- #A vaste expanse of water.
- #A disused mine or part of one.
- #The action or progress of wasting; extravagant consumption or ineffectual use.
- Ex:''That was a waste of time''
- Ex:''Her life seemed a waste''
- #Large abundance of something, especially without it being used.
- #Gradual loss or decay.
- #A decaying of the body by disease.
- #''(rare)'' Destruction or devastation caused by war or natural disasters.
- #Excess of material, useless by-products or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish.
- #Excrement (animal waste, human waste).
- Uncultivated or unhabited; barren; desert.
- Rejected as being defective; eliminated as being worthless; produced in excess.
- Superfluous; needless.
- Unfortunate; Disappointing.
- transitive Devastate or destroy.
- transitive } Use up, diminish, reduce by gradual loss; decay; emaciate.
- Ex:''After he lost hope, he '''wasted''' away.''
- transitive Squander money or resources uselessly; spend time idly.
- Ex: ''We '''wasted''' millions of dollars and several years on that project.''
- cattag transitive slang Kill; murder.
- intransitive Gradually lose weight or weaken.
Additional Resources
- Waste-Based Energy: One Piece Of The Sustainable Energy Puzzle
- Spittelau waste to energy plant provides district heating in Vienna. Image credit:Wikipedia In the past few years, there's been much talk about the variety of available and developing technologies that could help secure a more sustainable energy future. Since October is Energy Awareness Month, the discussion of these energy alternatives...
- News items 2009-10-19
- Low-Level Radioactive Waste Crisis in the Making
- A new radioactive-waste crisis is about to go critical -- the scheduled closing of a commercial low-level radioactive waste LLRW processing facility in Barnwell, S.C., which is a landfill owned by the state and operated by Energy Solutions. The preferred method of disposal for LLRW is shallow...
- Blog posts 2008-05-27
- Waste-to-Fuels Startup Terrabon Hauls in Waste Management Investment
- Terrabon has landed another investment partner -- this time, it's Waste Management-- in its pursuit of commercially viable green gasoline, a renewable fuel made from the organic waste found in your local landfill. BNET wrote about Houston, Texas-based Terrabon back in April, when Valero Energy, the largest U.S....
- Blog posts 2009-08-26
- Waste Industry Briefs.(Briefs)(Waste Services Inc.)(Allied Waste Industries Inc.)(Smurfit-Stone Container Corp.)
- Solid Waste Waste Services seals Florida deals Waste Services Inc. has completed the acquisition of a material recovery facility and solid waste transfer station in Taft, Fla. Waste Services bought the...
- Research articles 2006-04-24
- Landfill waste to power Waste Management hauling fleet
- Germany's The Linde Group maintains its core business in industrial gases and engineering. But the company has been putting a new focus on alternative biogas, landfill gas, and hydrogen. And it isn't starting out small. "Our plans are to focus on these alternative fuels and bring them to market not...
- News items 2009-11-03
- Fulcrum BioEnergy claims proof of waste-to-ethanol tech
- Pleasanton, Calif.-based Fulcrum BioEnergy said its demonstration facility has now proved the viability of its waste-to-fuel technology, clearing the path for the startup to begin building a commercial plant capable of producing ethanol at $1 per gallon. Vice President Rick Barraza told the Cleantech Group today that Fulcrum plans to raise equity and...
- News items 2009-09-02
- USA Waste dumping effort for Waste Management deal. (USA Waste Services Inc.; Waste Management Inc.)
- The failure of a deal that would have made one company a giant waste hauler in Greater Cleveland could mean lower waste disposal costs for area businesses. USA Waste Services Inc. of Houston has backed off its offer to buy the Cleveland-area operationThe failure of a...
- Research articles 1997-05-12
- Waste Industry Briefs.(annual revenue of waste indusry in European Union)(Allied Waste Industries Inc. named as most trustworthy firms in America by Forbes magazine)(Waste Services Inc. to acquire South Florida operations of Allied Waste Industries Inc.)
- International Study: European waste market at $133B A new study shows that the waste management and recycling industry in the European Union has annual revenue of about 100 billion Euros, or $133 billion U.S. dollars. ...
- Research articles 2007-04-16
- Waste Industry Briefs.(Briefs)
- Hauling Waste Industries buys firms in Ga., N.C. Raleigh, N.C. - Waste Industries USA Inc. is acquiring two companies in the South. The Raleigh-based Waste Industries will purchase All American Waste...
- Research articles 2004-02-16
- Biffa acquires UK Waste for GBP380m.
- The UK-based water utility, Severn Trent Plc, has acquired the waste management firm UK Waste Management Ltd. from the US firm, Waste Management Inc. WMI for GBP380 million ($572.7 million). UK Waste will be merged with Severn Trent's waste business, Biffa Waste Services Ltd. and the...
- Research articles 2000-05-01
- Waste Industry Briefs.(Waste Connections Inc. acquires Harold Lemay Enterprises Inc.)(Waste Management Inc. pays $27,200 penalty for excessive idling of vehicles)(American Securities Corp. acquires Liberty Tire Services LLC.)
- Solid Waste Waste Connections acquires LeMay Waste Connections has completed the largest acquisition in its history, purchasing Harold LeMay Enterprises of Tacoma, Wash. The deal includes collection, recycling and transfer services as well as the portion...
- Research articles 2008-11-10
- Waste Management Benchmarking Study: A Baseline Assessment
- Ireland has the highest level of municipal waste generation per capita of all the benchmark countries and manufacturing waste generation per employee is also relatively high. Waste management and the associated costs continue to be a key issue for enterprise in Ireland. By not generating waste, one can eliminate the...
- White papers 2006-06-01
- CentraSep Technologies receives EPA revised Uniform Hazardous Waste Manifest.(NEWS)
- EPA recently revised the Uniform Hazardous Waste Manifest used to track hazardous waste from a generator's site to the site of its disposition. As of September 5, 2006, the new Uniform Hazardous Waste Manifest must be used for all hazardous waste s EPA recently...
- Research articles 2006-10-01
- What Is Healthcare Waste?
- Healthcare waste is mainly produced by hospitals, health clinics, doctors' surgeries and veterinary practices, but also arises from residential homes, nursing homes and private households. Healthcare waste is primarily composed of noninfectious waste that is similar to general municipal waste and is a reservoir of potentially harmful micro-organisms that can...
- White papers 2007-08-22
- Reducing solid waste in contingency operations: U.S. Army Europe is using a new composting system to improve management of solid waste. The results are increased Soldier safety and a better quality of life in the field
- Armies around the globe have always had to deal with the problem of solid waste. Today, a large percentage of the Army s solid waste is packaging materials (such as cardboard, paper, and plastic), waste food, and sewage sludge. While much of the solid waste generated at base camps is...
- Research articles 2006-07-01
- Med/Waste cleanup continues.(Tony Dean cleans up Med/Waste Inc. buildings)(Brief Article)
- Untreated medical waste has been removed from two vacant Med/Waste Inc. buildings in Alabama and safely incinerated, state officials said last week. The former owner of Target Medical Waste Services, Tony Dean, spent $10,000 to remove 60,000 pounds, or five-and-a-half trailer...
- Research articles 2002-03-18
- OHIO EPA: Waste injected underground at Waste Management of Ohio is moving but no threat to water
- M2 PRESSWIRE-26 June 1998-OHIO EPA: Waste injected underground at Waste Management of Ohio is moving but no threat to water C1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:250698 Review of data associated with the permitted underground injection of waste at Waste Management of Ohio, Inc. has revealed movement...
- Research articles 1998-06-26
- Landfill Legislation and Shortage of Waste Disposal Capacity to Promote Need for Waste-to-Energy Plants.(Company overview)
- LONDON, October 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Waste-to-energy markets are experiencing enhanced political and environmental attention in Europe. An important component of integrated waste management strategies, waste-to-energy assists in waste incineration to relieve pressure on landfill and dispose waste that cannot...
- Research articles 2006-10-11
- Preliminary results for the year ended 31 March 2000; Severn Trent takes over as national waste leader with UK waste acquisition.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-5 June 2000-SEVERN TRENT: Preliminary results for the year ended 31 March 2000; Severn Trent takes over as national waste leader with UK waste acquisition C1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:02062000 Severn Trent Plc today announced the acquisition of UK Waste...
- Research articles 2000-06-05
- Waste Management's Filthy Clean Energy
- If you think taking out the garbage is a real drag, think again. Waste Management raked in more than $13 billion in revenues last year, making it the largest provider of waste management services on the continent. Its core business is your garbage, which it retrieves and transports to one...
- Blog posts 2007-06-29
