Hazardous Waste FAQs and Resources for the Concerned Citizen

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Facts and FAQs About Hazardous Waste for Concerned Citizens

EPA's Office of Solid Waste provides information on solid and hazardous waste issues. If you have specific questions about solid waste management in your community, contact the RCRA Hotline (1-800-424-9346), your EPA regional office, or your state agency.

Basic Facts about Waste Educate yourself about waste from households, businesses, and industrial and manufacturing processes. Learn how these wastes are managed to protect human health and the environment.

Around Your Home Learn how you can reduce, reuse, and recycle materials and consequently decrease the amount and toxicity of the waste produced in and around your home.

Around Your Community Learn about waste management programs and opportunities to help you get involved and make a difference in your community.

Collecting Used Oil for Recycling/Reuse: Tips for Consumers Who Change Their Own Motor Oil and Oil Filters
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Provides step-by-step instructions for changing motor oil, recycling used oil, and changing and recycling used oil filters. Lists uses for recycled oil.

(The) Consumer's Handbook for Reducing Solid Waste
Describes how consumers can reduce their garbage by making environmentally aware decisions about the products and packaging they purchase, use, and ultimately dispose of. Suggestions follow four basic principles: reduce, reuse, recycle, and respond.

Disposal Tips for Home Health Care (Patient Flyer)
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Provides tips for preventing injury, illness, and pollution when disposing of sharp objects and contaminated materials used in administering home health care. Describes simple steps to safely dispose of needles, syringes, lancets, and other sharp objects.