waste produced vs waste generated

Both 'waste produced' and 'waste generated' are correct phrases that can be used interchangeably. They both refer to the creation of waste as a result of a process or activity.

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waste produced

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to describe the waste that is created as a byproduct of a process or activity.

Examples:

The factory has reduced the amount of waste produced during manufacturing.
The report highlighted the increase in waste produced by the construction industry.
We need to find ways to minimize the waste produced in our daily lives.
The company is working on recycling the waste produced in its operations.
The project aims to limit the waste produced by the packaging industry.

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Much of the waste produced does not constitute an environmental problem in itself.
Compare that with the billions of tons of waste produced by coal-fired power stations.
Like Sizewell's waste, the waste produced by Finnish nuclear reactors will not be reprocessed before it is ultimately disposed of.
susceptible wood in the form of waste produced at the time of felling, shall be burned at appropriate places under official control:
The enormous quantity of waste produced every day in the EU cannot simply be squandered.
Such infrastructure is being expanded to keep pace with the increased need for heating, cooling and electricity, and is also linked to the increasing amount of waste produced.
In Recital 4 it is clarified that waste produced during the pre-production development stage is also to be covered by the waste definition.
Not only the hazardous waste but also non-hazardous waste production should be registered otherwise we cannot fulfil reporting obligations on amounts of waste produced.
Subject: Proper management of waste produced by sea, air and rail passenger transport
However, there is no reference to the need for proper management (re-use, recycling and recovery) of the waste produced during travel, through extending the scope of Directive 2008/98/EC OJ L 312, 22.11.2008, p.
The best approach to reducing the amount of waste produced lies in restricting the use of packaging and in recycling.
The aim is to reduce the volume of waste produced by the food industry by processing it, using microwaves to obtain chemicals and biofuels.
The United Kingdom authorities informed the Commission that this repository would have sufficient capacity to accommodate all such waste produced in the United Kingdom until 2050.
However, it is important for me to stress the point that we must continue to work towards a sustainable approach, in which the quantity of waste produced is brought down to an absolute minimum.
Waste from the extractive industries amounts to some 400 million tonnes per annum, equivalent to 29% of the waste produced by the Community as a whole.
The competent authorities should, in such situations, be permitted to restrict imports of waste for incineration in order to guarantee treatment opportunities for the waste produced within their area of jurisdiction.
There are several reasons for this, including the increase in the volume of waste produced and the fall in the quantity of waste sent to landfills.
This waste disposal site, the only one on the island, consists of a gully which receives all the waste produced on Andros (between 10 and 40 tonnes per day depending on the season).
Can the Commission say whether it has obtained a specific derogation for Saint Pierre and Miquelon with regard to the import into Canada of waste produced in the archipelago?
The enormous quantity of waste produced every year in the EU (estimated at between 76.5 and 102 million tonnes of bio-waste, including approximately 8 million tonnes in Romania) cannot be squandered.

Alternatives:

waste generated
waste created
waste formed
waste resulting from
waste originating from

waste generated