Sources and reference approach
This site uses public, educational, technical, and institutional sources to support general explanations.
Solid waste rules and facilities vary by jurisdiction. The sources below are used as broad background references, not as replacements for local laws, permits, facility instructions, or professional advice.
- World Bank — What a Waste 3.0
- UNEP — Global Waste Management Outlook 2024
- U.S. EPA — Best Practices for Solid Waste Management
- U.S. EPA — Sustainable Materials Management
- U.S. EPA — Landfills
- European Environment Agency — Waste and recycling
- International Solid Waste Association
How sources are used
Sources help define common waste-system concepts such as municipal solid waste, sanitary landfill, leachate, gas collection, recycling contamination, waste hierarchy, and diversion. Articles are written in plain language and avoid presenting one jurisdiction’s rules as universal.