What is Waste?

Definition by Philip de Kock

Pubilshed on 2017-11-01

Looking as Waste in terms of an organizational waste, we need to understand the resources of the organization that can be wasted. This can include Time, Money, Raw Material, Consumable, Services, Utilities and Finished Products.

This leads into what is Organization Waste Management. This is the process and manner of disposing of waste of an organization

Extract from the definition of Waste from Merriam-Webster:

(A) Damaged, defective, or superfluous material produced by a manufacturing process: such as

material rejected during a textile manufacturing process and used usually for wiping away dirt and oil cotton waste
scrap
an unwanted by-product of a manufacturing process, chemical laboratory, or nuclear reactor toxic waste hazardous waste nuclear waste.

(B) Material derived by mechanical and chemical weathering of the land and moved down sloping surfaces or carried by streams to the sea