Skip to main content

SAGE Social Science Thesaurus

Search from vocabulary

align
annotate
download

Concept information

... > social science subjects > geography > Earth science > environmental science > consumption and waste > industrial/commercial consumption and waste > waste disposal authority
... > other subjects > natural sciences > Earth science > environmental science > consumption and waste > industrial/commercial consumption and waste > waste disposal authority

Preferred term

waste disposal authority  

Definition

  • Any human society produces waste—residues or items, materials and substances having lost all use and exchange value. What is considered to be waste varies widely from one society to another depending on its cultural, sociological, religious codes, history, and economic system. [Source: Encyclopedia of Consumption and Waste: The Social Science of Garbage; Waste Disposal Authority]

Broader concept

Belongs to group

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-G94WR302-1

Download this concept:

RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD