Glossary term

solid waste

A Brazil National Solid Waste Policy term for discarded materials, objects, goods, contained gases, and certain liquids that require final destination handling.

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What does solid waste mean?

Solid waste is the Brazil source layer that supports reverse logistics, recycling, waste management, and final-destination concepts. It is not a synonym for every waste-battery status in other jurisdictions, and it should not be treated as identical to the EU Waste Framework Directive concept of waste or India’s waste-battery definition.

Source context

The source is Brazil’s National Solid Waste Policy, Law No. 12.305 of 2 August 2010. The Portuguese legal text remains authoritative; the draft English translation is included for readability and comparison.

Official definitions by source

Brazil National Solid Waste Policy

Law No. 12.305 of 2 August 2010 — National Solid Waste Policy

material, substância, objeto ou bem descartado resultante de atividades humanas em sociedade, a cuja destinação final se procede, se propõe proceder ou se está obrigado a proceder, nos estados sólido ou semissólido, bem como gases contidos em recipientes e líquidos cujas particularidades tornem inviável o seu lançamento na rede pública de esgotos ou em corpos d’água, ou exijam para isso soluções técnica ou economicamente inviáveis em face da melhor tecnologia disponível

Brazil source-specific definition; Portuguese text is authoritative and the English translation is a draft Minespider working translation.

Reference: Article 3, point XVI

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Practical application

Brazil-facing workflows should capture the Brazil waste record, discarded object, material or substance type, generator or holder, reverse-logistics link, waste-management route, destination evidence, and source reference while preserving the Portuguese legal-text boundary.

Minespider commentary

Solid waste is a Brazil waste-scope control: the evidence consequence is that return-flow and destination records can connect to Brazil circularity rules without turning the Portuguese source wording into a generic global waste classification.

Common confusions

  • Do not treat the draft English translation as the official legal definition.
  • Do not assume Brazil solid waste has the same scope as EU waste, India waste battery, or other jurisdictional terms.
  • Do not frame this term as a battery-passport requirement unless a separate source creates that obligation.