Sanitation refers to the process of preventing human contact with waste, hereby preventing infection of humans. It hence involves the hygienic disposal or recycling of waste.
- For solid municipal waste and associated recycling, see Waste management
- For industrial waste, see Industrial waste
- For water only polluted with (non-)biodegradable soaps/detergents, see Greywater
- For water already polluted with excrement, see Wastewater
- For feces/urine, see manure, urine