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Waste Disposal
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- Trade
- International Trade
- Commerce
- Commercial Law
Hierarchical Display of Waste disposal
Environment > Environmental policy > Waste management
Environment > Environmental policy > Pollution control measures > Prevention of pollution > Biodegradability
Waste disposal
Concept of Waste disposal
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Translation of Waste disposal
- Spanish: Eliminación de residuos
- French: élimination des déchets
- German: Abfallbeseitigung
- Italian: Eliminazione dei rifiuti
- Portuguese: Eliminação de resíduos
- Polish: Usuwanie odpadów
Thesaurus of Waste disposal
Environment > Environmental policy > Waste management > Waste disposal
Environment > Environmental policy > Pollution control measures > Prevention of pollution > Biodegradability > Waste disposal
See also
- Discharge of waste
- Garbage disposal
- Waste removal
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