Household Hazardous Waste Management
HOUSEHOLD WASTE MANAGEMENT
This program is aimed at you, the individual citizen and consumer. It offers reliable
information, so you can:
- Greatly reduce the amount of solid and hazardous waste generated in your home.
- When needed, safely use, store, handle and dispose of household hazardous wastes.
- Increase your personal comfort, family safety and economic security by sensible
use and reuse of household products.
This program is one of three powerful waste management software products created by
USEPA for homes and communities. The others are:
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- Municipal Solid Waste Factbook, a guide to solid waste policies and
management in the United States. Information is available from Steve Levy at
USEPA's Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
at (703) 308-7267 or (FAX) 308-8686 or (E-mail)
levy.steve@epamail.epa.gov.
It is available on the Internet at:
http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/muncpl/factbook/
- Recycle City, a complete "virtual community" with gaming simulation to
demonstrate home and community solid waste management decisions. Information
is available from William C. Glenn in EPA Region 9 (San Francisco) at
(415) 744-1281.
It is available on the Internet at:
http://www.epa.gov/recyclecity/