Science and Technology: Land, Waste and Cleanup
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Waste
Nearly everything we do leaves behind some kind of waste. Households create ordinary garbage while industrial and manufacturing processes create solid and hazardous waste. EPA regulates all this waste under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA).
Waste Science:
- Materials and Waste Management
- Types of Waste
- Waste Identification
- Special Waste
- Toxics Release Inventory Program - compiles data on toxic chemical releases and waste management activities.
- Radioactive Waste Disposal: An Environmental Perspective
- Wastewater Technology
Waste Tools:
- Land and Waste Management Models, Databases and Tools
- Incident Waste Decision Support Tool (I-WASTE DST)
- Waste Management Tools
- Materials and Waste Exchanges - markets for buying and selling reusable and recyclable commodities.
- Waste Reduction Tools
- Hazardous Waste Test Methods
- Superfund Risk Assessment
- Hazardous Waste Data
Cleanup
Accidents, spills, leaks, and past improper disposal and handling of hazardous materials and wastes have resulted in tens of thousands of sites across our country that have contaminated our land, water (groundwater and surface water), and air (indoor and outdoor).
Cleanup Science:
- Science to Protect Our Land and Communities
- Management of Contaminated Sites
- Ground Water Modeling
- Greener Cleanups
- Cleanup Science and Technology
- Remediating Indoor and Outdoor Environments
- Radiation Cleanup
- Underground Storage Tanks Cleanup
- Land Revitalization
Cleanup Tools:
- CERCLIS - Superfund database
- Contaminated Site Characterization and Monitoring Tools
- Tools and Methods for Contaminated Sediments
- Technical Support for Contaminated Sites
- Contaminated Site Remediation Technologies
- Oil Spill Response Techniques
- CAMEO - A system of software applications used widely to plan for and respond to chemical emergencies.
Top Questions: Land, Waste & Cleanup
Featured Resource
Hazardous Waste Report
A biennial report that collects data on the generation, management, and minimization of hazardous waste.
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