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[[Category:Tonnage & Waste Types]]
[[Category:Tonnage & Waste Types]]
Municipal Solid Waste – or MSW – is a term more extensively used in the EU and includes [[Household Waste]] and any other wastes collected by a [[Waste Collection Authority]], or its agents, such as [[Municipal Parks]] and [[Gardens Waste]], [[Beach Cleansing Waste]], [[Commercial Waste]] and waste resulting from the clearance of [[Fly-tipped Materials]]. It can also be used to describe [[Commercial Wastes]] that are broadly similar in nature to household wastes as outlined in the definition below.
Municipal Solid Waste – or MSW – is a term more extensively used in the EU and includes [[Household Waste]] and any other wastes collected by a [[Waste Collection Authority]], or its agents, such as [[Municipal Parks]] and [[Garden Waste]], [[Beach Cleansing Waste]], [[Commercial Waste]] and waste resulting from the clearance of [[Fly-tipped Materials]]. It can also be used to describe [[Commercial Waste]] that are broadly similar in nature to household wastes as outlined in the definition below.


Municipal Waste is defined within Directive 1999/31/EC on the landfill of waste as 'waste from households, as well as other wastes which, because of its nature or composition, is similar to waste to waste from household'.
Municipal Waste is defined within Directive 1999/31/EC on the landfill of waste as 'waste from households, as well as other wastes which, because of its nature or composition, is similar to waste to waste from household'.