WASTE MINIMIZATION, UTILIZATION, and …
1Lecture Topic #2 (Chapter 20) WASTE minimization , utilization , and TREATMENT1MAJOR TOPICS Means for minimizingwaste Utilizingmaterials that might go into WASTE Treatingwaste Disposingwaste 22Federal requirements: In 1984, amendments to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) established the following national policy, making WASTE minimization the Nation's preferred hazardous WASTE management practice:"...the generation of hazardous WASTE is to be reducedor eliminatedas expeditiously as possible. WASTE that is nevertheless generated should be treated, stored, or disposed ofso as to minimize the present and future threat to human health and the environment. (RCRA [b], 1984) Policies and Guidance Related to WASTE Minimization3In 1990, passage of the Pollution Prevention Actexpanded the Nation's WASTE prevention policy beyond a "RCRA-only" framework, to minimizing or eliminating toxic releases to all environmental media and natural resources:Policies and Guidance, Cont.
1 Lecture Topic #2 (Chapter 20) WASTE MINIMIZATION, UTILIZATION, and TREATMENT 1 MAJOR TOPICS Means for minimizing waste Utilizing materials that might go into waste Treating waste Disposing waste 2
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