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| 2010 || {{w|Solid waste}} || [[W:waste picker|Waste picking]] (statistics) || A study estimates that there are 1.5 million waste pickers in India alone at this time.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Chaturvedi|first=Bharati|title=Mainstreaming Waste Pickers and the Informal Recycling Sector in the Municipal Solid Waste|journal=Handling and Management Rules 2000, A Discussion Paper|year=2010}}</ref> || {{w|India}}
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| 2010 || Caustic waste || Waste disposal incident || The {{w|Ajka alumina plant accident}} occurs at a [[w:corrosive substance|caustic]] {{w|waste reservoir}} in Hungary, when the northwestern corner of the dam of a reservoir collapsecollapses, freeing approximately one million cubic metres of liquid waste from {{w|red mud}} lakes. The mud floods several nearby localities. Ten people die, and 150 people are injured.<ref name="BBC">{{citation | title = Deadly sludge escape kills three in western Hungary | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11475361 | publisher = BBC News | date = 5 October 2010}}</ref> || {{w|Hungary}}
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| 2010–2012 || {{w|Biowaste}} || Program launch || {{w|Miniwaste}} launches as a European project operated from January 2010 to December 2012, designed to "bring bio-waste back to life". The project endeavors to demonstrate that it is possible to significantly reduce the amount of [[w:bio-waste|organic waste]] at the source in a sustainable way, and to monitor actions for waste reduction in an efficient manner.<ref>{{cite web |title=Miniwaste Guide |url=http://www.acrplus.org/images/project/Miniwaste/Miniwaste-guidance-document.pdf |website=acrplus.org |accessdate=27 April 2020}}</ref> || {{w|Europe}}
