Municipal waste is defined as waste collected and treated by or for municipalities. It covers waste from households, including bulky waste, similar waste from commerce and trade, office buildings, institutions and small businesses, as well as yard and garden waste, street sweepings, the contents...

Foreword -- Acronyms -- Executive summary -- Assessment and recommendations -- Recycling of waste containing nanomaterials -- Incineration of waste containing nanomaterials -- Landfilling of waste containing nanomaterials and nanowaste -- The fate of engineered nanomaterials in sewage treatment...

Pharmaceutical household waste from expired or unused medicine does not only offer zero therapeutic benefit, but also contributes to environmental pollution when disposed of via improper routes. Medicines discarded in sinks and flushed down toilets enter sewage waters and, if not filtered out,...