List of waste types

Waste comes in many different forms and may be categorized in a variety of ways. The types listed here are not necessarily exclusive and there may be considerable overlap so that one waste entity may fall into one to many types.


 * Agricultural waste
 * Animal by-products (see slaughterhouse waste)
 * Biodegradable waste
 * Biomedical waste
 * Bulky waste
 * Business waste
 * Chemical waste
 * Clinical waste (see Biomedical waste)
 * Coffee wastewater
 * Commercial waste
 * Composite waste
 * Construction and demolition waste (C&D waste)
 * Controlled waste
 * Demolition waste
 * Dog waste
 * Domestic waste
 * Electronic waste (e-waste)
 * Food waste
 * Green waste
 * Grey water
 * Hazardous waste
 * Household waste
 * Household hazardous waste
 * Human waste
 * Sewage sludge
 * Industrial waste
 * Slag
 * Fly ash
 * Sludge
 * Inert waste
 * Inorganic waste
 * Kitchen waste
 * Litter
 * Marine debris
 * Medical waste
 * Metabolic waste. See also Feces.
 * Mineral waste. See also Inorganic waste.
 * Mixed waste
 * Municipal solid waste
 * Nuclear waste (see Radioactive waste)


 * Organic waste
 * Packaging waste
 * Post-consumer waste
 * Radioactive waste
 * Low-level waste
 * High-level waste
 * Mixed waste (radioactive/hazardous)
 * Spent nuclear fuel
 * Recyclable waste
 * Residual waste
 * Retail hazardous waste
 * Sewage
 * Sharps waste
 * Ship disposal
 * Slaughterhouse waste
 * Special waste (see Hazardous waste)