What is the purpose of the waste management hierarchy?

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The question asks about the purpose of the waste management hierarchy. 
Option a: 'It categorises more or less ideal waste management strategies.' This implies that the hierarchy is used to sort waste management options by how preferable or effective they are from an environmental perspective. 
Explanation: The waste management hierarchy is indeed a framework that ranks actions from most to least favored in order to minimize environmental impact. It typically emphasizes reduction at the source, followed by reuse, recycling, recovery (energy from waste), and finally disposal. In that sense, it categorizes strategies along a spectrum of desirability or effectiveness, helping decision-makers choose options that are more sustainable. 
What this option conveys aligns with the general intent of the hierarchy: to distinguish between more and less favorable strategies in a structured way. 
However, some precision is missing: the hierarchy is not just about labeling strategies as 'more or less ideal' in a vague sense; it provides a prioritized order to reduce environmental impact, resource use, and waste generation. 
If there were other options, we would compare them to see whether they more accurately capture the hierarchical prioritization (preference for reduction, reuse, recycling, etc., over disposal). In this context, this option remains broadly consistent with the purpose, albeit with a less formal wording.

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