Industrial waste

<p>Industrial waste is the waste produced by industrial activity which includes any material that is rendered useless during a <a href="/facts/Manufacturing/3qW7bcdy">manufacturing</a> process such as that of <a href="/facts/Factories/GPIW0snN">factories</a>, mills, and <a href="/facts/Mining/g6uDIFab">mining</a> operations. Types of industrial waste include <a href="/facts/Dirt/0TmUlxAT">dirt</a> and <a href="/facts/Gravel/IwHG9JfI">gravel</a>, masonry and <a href="/facts/Concrete/K6whGVNx">concrete</a>, <a href="/facts/Scrap/lPWqt9vd">scrap</a> metal, oil, <a href="/facts/Solvents/LoMPMz8S">solvents</a>, chemicals, scrap lumber, even vegetable matter from restaurants. Industrial waste may be solid, semi-solid or liquid in form. It may be <a href="/facts/Hazardous_waste/hvbE6Cup">hazardous waste</a> (some types of which are <a href="/facts/Toxicity/qa96rs60">toxic</a>) or non-hazardous waste. Industrial waste may pollute the nearby soil or adjacent water bodies, and can contaminate groundwater, lakes, streams, rivers or coastal waters. Industrial waste is often mixed into <a href="/facts/Municipal_waste/x1T17ne7">municipal waste</a>, making accurate assessments difficult. An estimate for the US goes as high as 7.6 billion tons of industrial waste produced annually, as of 2017.[<i>better source needed</i>] Most countries have enacted legislation to deal with the problem of industrial waste, but strictness and compliance regimes vary. Enforcement is always an issue.
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Industrial waste