Refuse Disposal MeSH Descriptor Data 2025

MeSH Heading: Refuse Disposal
Tree Number(s): N06.850.780.200.800.800.700; N06.850.860.510.900.600
Unique ID: D012037
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012037
Scope Note: The discarding or destroying of garbage, sewage, or other waste matter or its transformation into something useful or innocuous.
Entry Term(s): Waste Disposal, Solid
See Also: Solid Waste
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2012/07/03

Allowable Qualifiers: economics (EC)

ethics (ES)

history (HI)

instrumentation (IS)

legislation & jurisprudence (LJ)

methods (MT)

standards (ST)

statistics & numerical data (SN)

Environment and Public Health [N06]
- Public Health [N06.850]
  - Public Health Practice [N06.850.780]
    - Communicable Disease Control [N06.850.780.200]
      - Sanitation [N06.850.780.200.800]
        
        Sanitary Engineering [N06.850.780.200.800.800]
        
        Drainage, Sanitary [N06.850.780.200.800.800.350]
        
        Refuse Disposal [N06.850.780.200.800.800.700]
        
        Composting [N06.850.780.200.800.800.700.500]
        
        Recycling [N06.850.780.200.800.800.700.750]
        
        Toilet Facilities [N06.850.780.200.800.800.795]
        
        Waste Disposal, Fluid [N06.850.780.200.800.800.890]
        
        Waste Management [N06.850.780.200.800.800.900]

Environment and Public Health [N06]
- Public Health [N06.850]
  - Sanitation [N06.850.860]
    - Sanitary Engineering [N06.850.860.510]
      - Waste Management [N06.850.860.510.900]
        
        Recycling [N06.850.860.510.900.300]
        
        Refuse Disposal [N06.850.860.510.900.600]
        
        Composting [N06.850.860.510.900.600.200]
        
        Garbage [N06.850.860.510.900.600.400]
        
        Incineration [N06.850.860.510.900.600.500]
        
        Medical Waste Disposal [N06.850.860.510.900.600.600]
        
        Waste Disposal, Fluid [N06.850.860.510.900.600.900]
        
        Waste Disposal Facilities [N06.850.860.510.900.700]
        
        Water Purification [N06.850.860.510.900.900]

Refuse Disposal Preferred

Waste Disposal, Solid Narrower

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