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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 [[ | 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'. | ||