Municipal Solid Waste

Municipal Solid Waste
(MSW)
  Waste material from households and businesses in a community that is not regulated as hazardous.
  A Biomass resource that can be used to produce energy by the process of incineration.
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  Residential solid waste and some nonhazardous commercial, institutional, and industrial wastes.
  U.S. Dept. of Energy, Energy Information Administration's Energy Glossary
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  Locally collected garbage, which can be processed and burned to produce energy.
  California Energy Comission. Dictionary of Energy Terms

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