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waste

Summary

waste ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (246 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • waste is a type of material[2].
  • waste is a type of economic bad[3].
  • waste is a type of energy source[4].
  • waste is used for recycling[5].
  • waste's Commons category is recorded as Waste[6].
  • waste's said to be the same as is recorded as trinket[7].
  • waste's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Waste[8].
  • waste's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary[9].
  • waste's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10].
  • waste's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[11].
  • waste's described by source is recorded as Lean Logic[12].
  • waste's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[13].
  • waste's described by source is recorded as Pax Leksikon[14].
  • waste's topic has template is recorded as Template:Waste[15].
  • waste's used by is recorded as sorter labourer[16].
  • waste's used by is recorded as recycling worker[17].
  • waste's has effect is recorded as air pollution[18].
  • waste's has effect is recorded as marine debris[19].
  • waste's different from is recorded as scrap[20].
  • waste's has list is recorded as list of waste types[21].
  • waste's hashtag is recorded as garbage[22].
  • waste's studied by is recorded as garbology[23].
  • waste's union of is recorded as list of values as qualifiers[24].
  • waste's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00002264[25].
  • waste's permanent duplicated item is recorded as Q22828734[26].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include material[2], economic bad[3], and energy source[4].

Use and Application

waste is used for recycling[5]. Recorded used by include sorter labourer[16] and recycling worker[17].

Influence

Things named for waste include Eurotrash[27], a pejorative[28].

Why It Matters

waste ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (246 views/month).[1] waste has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] waste is known by 102 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Entities named for waste include Eurotrash[27], a pejorative[28].

Related Entities

Lean Logic

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  23. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . Environment Ontology. wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Used by → —
    Topic has template → Template:Waste
    Aliases → —
    Union of → list of values as qualifiers
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|10 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 2360, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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