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by spacewrangler 832 days ago
Who determines what is "waste" ?
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People who live in glass houses, and black kettles.
The same people who determine what actions are “crime”, who gets to be “married”, what’s “pollution”, and so on. (See? The scare quotes apply to literally everything in society.)

In a typical democracy, those people are legislators, courts, and government agencies tasked with oversight.

I guess dictionary is a good start.

> noun 1. an act or instance of using or expending something carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose.