SYSTEMIC APPROACH TO THE CLASSIFICATION OF INDUSTRIAL WASTE: PRINCIPLES OF WASTE MINIMIZATION AT THE STAGES OF THE MATERIAL LIFE CYCLE

V. S. Voloshyn; V. A. Burko

doi:10.32782/uhj.36.2026.09

V. S. Voloshyn Priazovskyi State Technical University 7 Universytetska St, Mariupol, 87555, Ukraine Actual business address: 29 Hoholia St, Dnipro, 49044, Ukraine https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9922-5618
V. A. Burko Priazovskyi State Technical University 7 Universytetska St, Mariupol, 87555, Ukraine Actual business address: 29 Hoholia St, Dnipro, 49044, Ukraine https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7384-4226

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32782/uhj.36.2026.09

Keywords: waste classification, industrial waste management, waste minimization principles, thermodynamic approach, cybernetic control, material life cycle

Abstract

The paper proposes an industrial waste management mechanism based on a hierarchical system of scientifically grounded principles. Unlike empirical approaches to waste treatment and processing, the proposed mechanism ensures waste minimization according to the properties and В.С. Волошин, В.А. Бурко qualitative characteristics of waste at each stage of its generation - technological and operational as well as throughout the entire life cycle of the waste itself. A functional scheme has been developed reflecting the structural hierarchy of industrial waste management principles in relation to fundamental natural science laws and patterns. The system comprises five hierarchically ordered principles: conservation and redistribution of energy and matter; thermodynamic efficiency and irreversibility of processing; hazard and reaction activity of substances in waste of various hazard classes; potential resource value of waste; and system integration and cybernetic controllability of waste minimization processes. The proposed hierarchy complies with current international requirements for industrial waste management systems and provides a scientifically grounded basis for the systematization of waste management methods. The approach enables consideration of both the fundamental laws of natural science and the capabilities of the modern technosphere integrated with cybernetic control systems. The practical application of the proposed model is demonstrated using lithium-ion battery waste management as a case study, where solutions ranging from mechanical separation and thermolysis to electrochemical ion exchange and secondary use of components are considered depending on the depth of intervention.

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