Definition of Industrial Waste

AH materials produced in large amounts that are not utihzable by any means are called waste. The definition of waste can be very subjective. What represents waste to one person may represent a valuable resource to another. It must have a strict, clear, and legal definition to comply with the law. 

There are different types of wastes produced by industries. Wastes are associated not only with the production of raw materials and their formation at the site of utilization but also during production, processing, and packing (Fig. 3.1) [1]. 

To elaborate, the pollution caused by raw material and its procme-ment can be shown by taking a simple example of the corn food industry, which requires growing and harvesting corn in a field and its transportation to a plant for producing food items like corn flour, corn oil, carboxymethylcellulose, and glucose. The huge amount of waste is 

Increasing regulation of the waste management industry leads to an accurate definition of the different types of waste required for licensing of waste management facilities. In general, the nature of waste is a heterogeneous material and difficult to describe, define, and classify. 

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