Handbook of Research on Developing Sustainable Value in Economics, Finance, and Marketing

Waste is generated any time anywhere. As the human life goes on, it is not possible to avoid the generation of the waste. The aim, in this situation is not to avoid the generation of the waste –minimize, maybe-but separate according to the types and avoid from paying unnecessary costs for useless treatment and (just the opposite) get advantage of gaining income from the waste. Waste reduction can be supplied in the individual level by consuming less, organizing the shopping & daily life consciously, encouraging re-use and recycle. In the industrial level; newer techniques which are supported by green technologies such as co-generation in order to regain the energy, zero-waste manufacturing processes, the processes that require less material in the end products, not depending on raw materials. Sustainability can only be executed only if the waste allows getting beneficial revenue. By separating and processing the wastes accordingly, will give great advantage in solving the waste problem and also derive profit.