General Information
Industrial waste is a type of waste produced by industrial activity, such as that of factories, mills and mines. It has existed since the outset of the industrial revolution.
American industrial facilities generate and dispose of approximately 7.6 billion tons of industrial solid waste each year. This number was generated back in the 1980s and represents wastes generated from 17 different industry groups representing the manufacturing Standard Industrial Classification (SIC codes), such as organic chemicals, inorganic chemicals, primary iron and steel, plastics and resin manufacturing, stone, clay, glass and concrete, pulp and paper, food and kindred products.
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