May 23, 2024 · RCRA's goals are to protect us from the hazards of waste disposal; conserve energy and natural resources by recycling and recovery; reduce or eliminate waste; and clean up waste that which may have spilled, leaked or been improperly disposed of.

Feb 26, 2025 · EPA's RCRA CETA Program assists communities with addressing their concerns about environmental and health issues related to waste management by providing access to support, resources, and information.

Summary of U.S. E-Waste Scenario • Key Issues: – E-Waste is a rapidly growing segment of MSW – Consumers own about 24 electronic products/ household – Limited legal framework on used electronics management: • A patchwork of 25 different state laws; 15 with landfill bans • CRT Regulation; Spent Lead Acid Battery Regulation

Sep 11, 2024 · Regulations established under Subtitle D ban open dumping of waste and set minimum federal criteria for the operation of municipal waste and industrial waste landfills, including design criteria, location restrictions, financial assurance, corrective action (cleanup), and closure requirement.

May 17, 2024 · EPA has jurisdiction over medical waste treatment technologies, which claim to reduce the infectiousness of the waste (i.e. that claim any antimicrobial activity) by using chemicals. This jurisdiction comes from the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and …

Jan 5, 2017 · EPA developed hazardous waste regulations that define in more detail what materials are solid waste for the purposes of RCRA Subtitle C (hazardous waste) regulation. Simply defined, a hazardous waste is a waste with properties that make it dangerous or capable of having a harmful effect on human health or the environment.

Jul 31, 2024 · The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act gives EPA the authority to control hazardous waste from cradle-to-grave. This includes generation, transportation, treatment, storage, and disposal. RCRA also addresses management of non-hazardous solid wastes.

Aug 26, 2024 · In the United States, U.S. exports and imports of non-hazardous waste, including non-hazardous plastic scrap and waste, are not subject to export and import requirements under the U.S. Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), the U.S. waste management law, and its implementing regulations.

Feb 11, 2025 · The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act — commonly referred to as RCRA — is our nation’s primary law governing the disposal of solid and hazardous waste. Congress passed RCRA on October 21, 1976 to address the increasing problems the nation faced from our growing volume of municipal and industrial waste.

Jun 12, 2024 · The Nuclear Waste Policy Act (NWPA) supports the use of deep geologic repositories for the safe storage and/or disposal of radioactive waste. The Act establishes procedures to evaluate and select sites for geologic repositories and for the interaction of state and federal governments.