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  • 1Waste collection vehicle — A waste collection vehicle (WCV), or colloquially called a Garbage Truck , Dustcart or Dustbin lorry is a truck specially designed to pick up smaller quantities of waste and haul it to landfills and other recycling or treatment facilities. They… …

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  • 2Dust collection system — A dust collection system is an air quality improvement system used in industrial, commercial, and home production shops to improve breathable air quality and safety by removing particulate matter from the air and environment. Dust collection… …

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  • 3Waste management — is the collection, transport, processing, recycling or disposal of waste materials. The term usually relates to materials produced by human activity, and is generally undertaken to reduce their effect on health, the environment or aesthetics.… …

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  • 4Waste Management, Inc — Waste Management, Inc. Type Public Traded as NYSE: WM …

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  • 5Drain-waste-vent system — DWV redirects here. For other uses, see Deformed wing virus. Detail of soil stack, which is connected to the sewer and vented at the top. In modern plumbing, a drain waste vent (or DWV) is part of a system that removes sewage and greywater from a …

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  • 6Waste container — For the software component, see Recycle bin (computing). A collection of movable waste containers in Australia A waste container is a container for temporarily storing waste, and is usually made out of metal or plastic. Common terms are dustbin,… …

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  • 7Waste management in Hong Kong — In the densely populated city of Hong Kong, waste is a troublesome issue. The city generates around 6.4 million tons of waste each year, and in eight years time, its existing landfills are expected to be full. The government has introduced waste… …

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  • 8collection — Obtaining payment. American Banker Glossary The presentation of a negotiable instrument for payment, or the conversion of any accounts receivable into cash. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * collection col‧lec‧tion [kəˈlekʆn] noun 1.… …

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  • 9Life support system — For other uses of Life support , see Life support (disambiguation). In human spaceflight, a life support system is a group of devices that allow a human being to survive in space. US government space agency NASA,[1] and private spaceflight… …

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  • 10waste disposal —       the collection, processing, and recycling or deposition of the waste materials of human society. The term “waste” covers both solid wastes (refuse, or garbage) and sewage (wastewater). See materials salvage (recycling); refuse disposal… …

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