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Solid (nonhazardous) Waste Disposal and Other Information

Nonhazardous waste
(also known as "Solid Waste", nontoxic waste, industrial waste
and municipal waste")

Waste statistics Waste subjects Waste regulations

Waste resources & downloads Hazardous waste

Statistics

The Solid Waste Disposal Act of 1976 requires states to develop and implement "solid waste plans" that maximize waste reduction and recycling. States handle waste by permitting private and municipal/county facilities to recycle, landfill, incinerate or compost it.

Waste Subjects:

Batteries

• Battery Act
• Implementation of the Mercury-Containing and Rechargeable Battery Management Act
  

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• Universal Waste Rule - May 1995

Closure

• RCRA Hotline Training Modules - "Introduction to Closure/Post-Closure"

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Composting

• Home Page

Construction and Demolition Debris

Construction Products -

• See Buy Recycled and Listing of Suppliers

Fertilizers

• Environmental Fact Sheet: Waste-Derived Fertilizers - December 1997
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Financial Assurance

• Financial Assurance - November 1996
• RCRA Hotline Training Modules - "Introduction to Financial Assurance"

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Greenhouse Gas

Household Hazardous Waste

• Disposal Tips for Home Health Care (Professional Brochure)
  

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• Disposal Tips for Home Health Care (Patient Flyer)
  

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• Handle with Care: How To Throw Out Used Insulin Syringes and Lancets at Home: A Booklet for Young People with Diabetes and Their Families - October 1990
  

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• Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Management: A Manual for One-Day Community Collection Programs

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• Household Hazardous Waste, Steps to Safe Management - December 1996
  

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• RCRA Hotline Training Modules - "Introduction to Solid and Hazardous Waste Exclusions"

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• RCRA Online - September 1998
• RCRA Permit Policy Compendium - July 1997
• Universal Waste Rule - May 1995

Landfills

• See also Hazardous Waste Land Disposal Units
• Municipal Solid Waste Landfills

Medical Waste

• Disposal Tips for Home Health Care - (Professional Brochure) - July 18, 1995

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• RCRA Hotline Training Modules - ef= "https://www.ehso.com/ehsoepaRD.php?PAGGE=/SolidWaste.htm&NAME=Adobe Acrobat PDF* file &URL=https://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/other/medical/dispose2.pdf">Adobe Acrobat PDF* file || About ...
• Handle with Care: How To Throw Out Used Insulin Syringes and Lancets at Home: A Booklet for Young People with Diabetes and Their Families - October 1990
  

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Municipal Solid Waste

• Home Page
• Pay-As-You-Throw

Procurement

• Home Page

Recycling

• Home Page

Source Reduction and Pollution Prevention

• Consumer Handbook for Reducing Solid Waste - July 1994
• Electronics Reuse and Recycling Directory - March 1997
  

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• Extended Product Responsibility: A New Principle for Product-Oriented Pollution Prevention - June 1997
• It's Easy Being Green: Planning and Conducting Environmentally Aware Meetings and Events - September 1996
• Recycling Grass Clippings - July 1992 [333K-2pp] (Adobe Acrobat PDF File) || About...
• ReduceIt: Companion Software to Source Reduction Program Potential Manual - June 1998
• Source Reduction Program Potential Manual: A Planning Tool
  

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• WasteWi$e Program

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