waste hierarchy

• what does waste management generally follow?


  an accepted hierarchy. the key target and most preferred option is to reduce
• what is the waste hierarchy (1 being most favoured option)?

  1. prevention
  2. Minimisation
  3. Reuse
  4. Recycling
  5. energy recovery
  6. Disposal
• what is the most common way of disposing waste in HICs?

  landfill and thermal treatment
• how is most disposed of in LICs and middle income countries?

  open dumps. some may be unregulated