Concept information
Preferred term
waste
Definition
- Waste originally implied a state of idleness. In fact, the word waste derives from the same root as vast, suggesting a negative attribution to resources that someone had not appropriated or used productively. [Source: Encyclopedia of Law & Society: American and Global Perspectives; Waste]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/waste
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