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 Translation for 'waste' from English to Swedish
ADJ   waste | more waste | most waste
NOUN1   a waste [large area of barren, typically uninhabited land] | [usually in the pl.] wastes
NOUN2   waste [act or instance] | -
NOUN3   waste [unwanted or unusable material] | wastes
VERB   to waste | wasted | wasted
wasting | wastes
SYNO barren | dissipation | godforsaken | ...
avfall {n}waste
slöseri {n}waste
2 Words
att förslösa ngt. (på ngt.)to waste sth. (on sth.)
kärntek.
atomsopor {pl}
atomic waste
miljö
bioavfall {n}
biodegradable waste
matavfall {n}food waste
hushållsavfall {n}household waste
kärntek.miljö
atomsopor {pl}
nuclear waste
kärntek.miljö
atomsopor {pl}
radioactive waste
kärntek.miljö
radioaktivt avfall {n}
radioactive waste
avloppsvatten {n}waste water
3 Words
tidspillan {u}waste of time
tidsspillan {u}waste of time
papperskorg {u}waste-paper basket [esp. Br.]
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Usage Examples English
  • The European Commission has issued a Waste Directive that classifies amalgam waste as a hazardous waste.
  • The waste management company of the district of Esslingen is responsible for waste disposal. There are separate collections for organic waste, household waste and paper.
  • Veolia Environmental Services collects, recycles and treats waste.
  • Refuse-derived fuel (RDF) is a fuel produced from various types of waste such as municipal solid waste (MSW), industrial waste or commercial waste.
  • All six lots in EcoPark Phase I has been allocated for recycling of waste cooking oil, waste computer equipment, waste metals, waste wood, waste plastics and waste car batteries.

  • Zero waste refers to waste prevention as opposed to end-of-pipe waste management.
  • Waste management industry, or waste industry for short, subsumes all industrial branches concerned with waste management, waste dumping, waste recycling and - to a lesser degree - waste prevention.
  • South Korean waste disposal policy (known as "jongnyangje") operates under the Ministry of Environment.
  • Bio-waste is kitchen waste (raw or cooked food waste) and green waste (garden and park waste).
  • Each wave of technology creates a set of waste previously unknown by humans: toxic waste, radioactive waste, electronic waste, plastic waste, space waste.

  • The Kettleman Hills Hazardous Waste Facility, a large (...) hazardous waste and municipal solid waste disposal facility operated by Waste Management, Inc., is located [...] southwest of Kettleman City on State Route 41.
  • The Area 5 Radioactive Waste Management Site covers [...] , a section of desert land used for low-level waste disposal. Mixed waste, including transuranic mixed waste, is stored.
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