Glossary
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

In implementation, this term helps Brazil-facing workflows decide which discarded materials, objects, goods, contained gases, or difficult-to-discharge liquids belong in solid-waste handling. It can connect product or battery records to reverse logistics, waste management, recycling, and environmentally adequate destination evidence while preserving the Brazil source boundary.

Minespider commentary

For Minespider, solid waste is a jurisdiction-specific anchor for Brazil circularity and reverse-logistics data. It helps connect return-flow records to the broader solid-waste system without turning Brazil’s 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.