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RE: Municipal or Household Waste in European Union?
Subject:RE: Municipal or Household Waste in European Union? From:"Robert Milkovich" <RMilkovich -at- ADVANCEDUTILITY -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Tue, 19 Jul 2005 11:58:09 -0400
The EU calls it 'waste' - go to www.eu.int and type 'recycling' in the search field, and go to http://www.jrc.cec.eu.int/default -dot- asp -at- sidsz=more_information&sidstsz=searchjrc.htm and type 'recycle computer' in that search field.
-----Original Message-----
From: Fred Ridder [mailto:docudoc -at- hotmail -dot- com]
Sent: July 19, 2005 11:45 AM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: RE: Municipal or Household Waste in European Union?
In some contexts, "municipal waste" is used to refer to fluid waste
(sewage) rather than solid waste (trash or garbage). In that context, both household waste and industrial waste are collected by a municial sewer system and treated in municipal waste treatment plants, with clean water and "residual municipal waste" (e.g. sludge) as end products.
As far as solid waste goes, there may be some distinction between biodegradable waste (garbage) versus non-biological waste (trash) which may be further categorized as combustible, non-combustible, and recyclable.
>From: "Francois Perigny" <francois -dot- perigny -at- exfo -dot- com>
>Subject: Municipal or Household Waste in European Union?
>Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 10:05:51 -0400
>
>
>Hello everyone!
>
>We need to include in our product documentation a small section about
>recycling or disposal of electronic products in the European Union
>(WEEE).
>
>Simple question: when asking users not to dispose of the product in the
>regular waste, can we use the expression "municipal waste"? Would
>"household waste" be better?
>
>I was told that in some countries, waste is not managed by municipal
>entities, so I want to ensure I use a correct text.
>
>Thanks for your help!
>F.
>
>
>François Périgny, MBA
>Coordonnateur, Bureau de rédaction technique
>Coordinator, Technical Writing Office
>1 418 683-0913, poste/ext. 3412
>EXFO
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