RCRA: Reducing Risk From Waste
September, 1997, EPA530-K-97-004This document provides an overview of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) solid and hazardous waste regulations. It describes the history of RCRA, the role of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the states, and hazardous waste definitions and management requirements, including the roles of generators, transporters, and treatment, storage, and disposal facilities. In addition, it presents information on hazardous waste minimization. It covers municipal and industrial solid waste as well, providing information on reducing, reusing, and recycling, and household hazardous waste.
- Part I (PDF) (25 pp, 749K, About PDF)
- Part II (PDF) (23 pp, 901K, About PDF)
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