Circular Economy
Waste Diversion
The redirection of waste away from disposal — typically landfill or incineration — toward reuse, recycling, composting or other recovery pathways, often expressed as a percentage rate.
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Waste diversion is the practice of channelling discarded materials away from final disposal into reuse, recycling, composting or energy recovery. A diversion rate expresses the share of generated waste diverted from landfill, and sometimes incineration, as a percentage of total waste.
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