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Solid Waste Policy in the United States

Solid Waste Policy in the United States. Leah Missik, Aliaksei Babko , Brijesh Krishnan.

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Solid Waste Policy in the United States

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  1. Solid Waste Policy in the United States Leah Missik, AliakseiBabko, Brijesh Krishnan

  2. Solid Waste - The term ‘‘solid waste’’ means any garbage, refuse, sludge from a waste treatment plant, water supply treatment plant, or air pollution control facility and other discarded material, including solid, liquid, semisolid, or contained gaseous material resulting from industrial, commercial, mining, and agricultural operations, and from community activities (RCRA, 2002) What is Solid Waste? Non - Hazardous Waste Hazardous Waste Municipal Solid Waste Industrial Waste Household Waste Industrial Listed C & D Medical Universal Special Characteristic Agricultural Waste Mixed Treatment

  3. Generation and Disposal Residential Commercial Industries Construction Healthcare Agricultural TreatmentPlants Landfill Combustion Recovery & Recycling Composting

  4. Trends in Generation and Landfills

  5. Trends – Disposal

  6. Trends – MSW Change in Composition

  7. Solid Waste Management - the systematic administration of activities which provide for the collection, source separation, storage, transportation, transfer, processing, treatment, and disposal of solid waste (EPA Definitions)

  8. Effects and damages Open dumping Odor PM emissions Landfill seepage CO₂ Emissions CH₄ Emissions Air pollution Health Impacts Food Chain contamination Ground / Surface water contamination Land depletion Environmental degradation Animal and Plant life

  9. Policy Instruments – Taxes (Fees!) and Subsidies • Deposit Refund - “Bottle Bills” - In 10 states - Usually 5 cents per bottle • Pay As You Throw - Residents are charged based on how much they throw away (usually per bag or can) - In more than 7000 communities http://www.epa.gov/epawaste/conserve/tools/payt/states/06comm.htm#text

  10. Policy Instruments – Command & Control • Permits - Needed to ensure safe standards for hazardous waste • Technology standards - For landfill and incinerator design • “Cradle-to-Grave” - Production, transportation, storage, and disposal standards http://www.landofgraciousliving.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/yorba_linda_landfill.jpg

  11. Policy Instruments - Voluntary • Challenges/Goals - EPA’s Resource Conservation Challenge • Programs and Partnerships - GreenScapes, WasteWise • Information - Provided by the EPA on best methods of waste disposal and recycling for individuals and businesses alike - Labeling http://www.epa.gov/epawaste/partnerships/wastewise/index.htm

  12. Waste management legislative history

  13. EPA’s three comprehensive waste management programs

  14. RCRA accomplishments Statutory & Regulatory Implementation

  15. Lessons learned

  16. Political and legislative constraints

  17. Wikipedia Article

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