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How will you categorize the following under domestic and industrial wastes?

Rags, used containers, old newspapers, mine tailing (left overs), flyash, kitchen waste, broken bricks.

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Domestic wastes

Industrial wastes

Rags

mine tailing(left overs)

Used containers

Flyash

Old newspapers

broken bricks

Kitchen waste

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