Ihe mkpofu ndị na-azụ ahịa
Ihe mkpofu na-esote ndị na-azụ ahịa bụ ụdị ihe mkpofu nke onye na-azụ ihe na-emepụta ihe na-asọ asọ; ya bụ, ebe ihe eji eme ihe na-emepụta ihe anaghị agụnye mmepụta nke ngwaahịa ọzọ.

A kọwaghị okwu nke ihe ndị a na-eji eme ihe tupu ndị na-azụ ahịa na ihe ndị a rụgharịrị arụgharị na nọmba ọkọlọtọ ISO 14021 (1999), mana ihe ndị na-eji ihe na ihe ndị na'azụ ahịa bụ. Nkọwa ndị a bụ nkọwa ndị a ma ama ma kwado dịka ndị na-emepụta ihe na ndị na-azụ ahịa na-eji ya eme ihe n'ụwa niile.

N'ozuzu, ọ bụ naanị ihe mkpofu nke ndị mmadụ na-atụfu mgbe niile, ma ọ bụ n'ime ihe mkpofu ma ọ bụ ihe mkpofu, ma ọ dị ka ihe mkpofu si dị, ọkụ si dị, wụba mmiri, ma ọ bụrụ ịsa ahụ n'ime olulu mmiri.

A na-amata ihe mkpofu mgbe emechara ya site na mkpofu ndị na-azụ ahịa, nke bụ nlọghachi nke ihe mkpofu n'ichepụta (dịka trimming site na mmepụta akwụkwọ, mkpọ aluminom na-adịghị mma, wdg) laghachi n'ime usoro mmepụta ihe.  A na-ejikarị ihe mkpofu na-ebubu ụzọ eme ihe n'ụlọ ọrụ mmepụta ihe, a naghị ewerekwa ya ka ọ na-emegharị ya n'echiche ọdịnala.

Ụdị 
Post-consumer waste consists of:

 Okpackaging
 parts that are not needed, such as fruit skins, bones in meat, etc.
 undesired things received, e.g.:
 advertising material in the mailbox
 a flyer received in the street without having the opportunity to refuse
 dust, weeds, fallen leaves, etc.
 things one no longer needs, e.g. a magazine that has been read, things replaced by new versions, clothes out of fashion, remaining food that one cannot keep or does not want to keep
 broken things, things no longer working, spoiled food, worn-out clothes, clothes which no longer fit
 outgrown items toys, clothing, books, schoolwork
 disposables such as Kleenex and finished batteries
 human waste, waste of pets, waste water from various forms of cleaning
 "post-life waste"
 one's body or ashes
 things people do not want and cannot sell
 broken/unused cars
 items that cannot be used

Okwu Iwu 
N'ọtụtụ mba, dị ka United States, enweghị atụmanya ezi uche dị na ya maka nzuzo na ihe mkpofu ndị na-azụ ahịa ozugbo ọ hapụrụ ụlọ onye na-azụ ya.  Onye ọ bụla nwere ike ịchọ ya, gụnyere ndị uwe ojii, na ihe akaebe ọ bụla e nwetara nwere ike iji ya mee ihe na ikpe. E guzobere ozizi a na The California v. Ikpe Greenwood, nke Ụlọikpe Kasị Elu nke US kwenyere na ọ nweghị atụmanya iwu nkịtị maka nzuzo maka ihe ndị a tụfuru atụfu. Nke a emeela ka ndị mmadụ na-arụrịta ụka n'ụzọ ziri ezi nke iwere ihe mkpofu mgbe ndị ahịa gachara maka uru mgbapụta.

Ihe Mkpofu karịrị ofe 
Karịsịa n'ime usoro nri, enwere ọtụtụ ihe mkpofu na-eme na njedebe ndị ahịa. Ihe mkpofu ndị na-eri ihe na-akpata nnukwu nri a na-emebi emebi. Enwere ike ịkọwa nke a n'ihi ọtụtụ ihe, gụnyere ụzọ e si edepụta nri. Dị ka nnyocha e bipụtara n'afọ 2020 si kwuo, akara mgbagwoju anya nke "iji", "eri", ma ọ bụ "ere" ụbọchị bụ ihe dị mkpa mere a na-eji efunahụ nri n'ọtụtụ dị otú ahụ mgbe nri ahụ bụ ihe a na-eri kpamkpam. Ihe ọzọ kpatara ya bụ ụzọ e si eji nri eme ihe ozugbo ọ ruru nkezi ezinụlọ ndị na-azụ ahịa n'ihi ọtụtụ ihe, nke ihe ndị bụ isi bụ omume ọha mmadụ, omume, na ịzụrụ ihe.  Ọzọkwa, nke ọ bụla n'ime ihe ndị ahụ na-emetụta ibe ha ma na-emetụta oke nri na-efunahụ onye ọ bụla.

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