biowasten.
/ˈbʌɪə(ʊ)weɪst/, U.S. /ˈbaɪoʊˌweɪst/ 1. Waste material derived from living organisms or of organic origin (sewage, agricultural or forestry waste, etc.), esp. as a potential source of energy.
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1963 Chem. & Engin. News 2 Dec. 82/2 (advt.) Organo- and bio-waste fuel cell development.
1966 AIAA Bull. 3 269/2 The following integration interfaces are discussed in this paper:.. 3) environmental control/life support biowaste utilization for propellants.
1978 Futures Aug. 288 Beyond better insulation, one can expect growing consumer interest in the so-called soft energy sources—solar panels and cells, heat pumps, windmills, biowaste.
1995 OECD Environmental Performance Rev.: Netherlands 86 The amount of biowaste to be composted is rapidly increasing: it was 320 000 tonnes in 1991..and is expected to reach 1 to 1.36 million tonnes by 1995.
2008 San Gabriel Valley (Calif.) Tribune (Nexis) 23 July The $30 million plant will be the first commercial facility in the nation to process biowaste—woodchips, grass cuttings and other organic waste—into ethanol.
2. Biomedical waste material consisting of or contaminated with body tissue or fluids, microorganisms, etc.
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1977 Amer. Biol. Teacher 39 204/2 A P4 facility has all of the above features plus..a biowaste treatment system to sterilize fluid effluents.
1979 Daily Tel. 5 Jan. 1/1 My laboratory has..a bio-waste system to decontaminate liquid effluent.
1993 St. Petersburg Times (Florida) (Nexis) 12 Sept. 1 a Another way [he] saved money, according to his former employees, was by having them..flush bloody gauze and fat from liposuctions down the toilet, rather than bagging it and paying a biowaste disposal company to cart it away.
2006 S. Harisha Introd. Pract. Biotechnol. 116 Discard the slide and coverslip in the biowaste disposal containers at the front of the room.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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