Health Care

Waste Management

Disposal, processing, controlling, recycling, and reusing the solid, liquid, and gaseous wastes of plants, animals, humans, and other organisms. It includes control within a closed ecological system to maintain a habitable environment.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

Disposal, processing, controlling, recycling, and reusing the solid, liquid, and gaseous wastes of plants, animals, humans, and other organisms. It includes control within a closed ecological system to maintain a habitable environment.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Management, Waste
  • Managements, Waste
  • Waste Managements

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Aspects Covered

8 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings economics, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, standards, statistics & numerical data.

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95

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Previous Indexing

  • Refuse Disposal (1966-1994)

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  1. N06.850w.780.200.800w.800w.900w
  2. N06.850w.860w.510w.900w

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NLM Classification

WA 778

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Waste Management. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D018505. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D018505
  2. Waste Management. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waste_management
  3. Waste Management. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q180388