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industrial waste  

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  • Industrial activities produce a wide variety of natural wastes from mining and quarrying, and by-products from the processes of industry. Some of these wastes are reusable, others are classified as hazardous waste and require special treatment to isolate them from the environment or render them innocuous. [Source: Encyclopedia of Environmental Change; industrial waste]

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