Legal Principle For Handling Waste In Suffolk - Basic Principles of The Law of War
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Two of the main Federal laws that address hazardous and toxic materials issues are the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA).
What is a Hazardous Waste? Hazardous waste is a waste with properties that make it potentially dangerous or harmful to human health or the environment. The universe of hazardous wastes is large and diverse. Hazardous wastes can be liquids, solids, or contained gases.
The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), enacted in 1976, is the principal Federal law in the U.S. governing the disposal of solid waste and hazardous waste.
Household hazardous waste Solvent-based paints. Pesticides and other garden chemicals. Batteries (for example car, mobile phone or regular household batteries) Motor oils (for example from cars or mowers) Petrol and kerosene. Cleaning and polishing chemicals. Swimming pool or spa bath chemicals.
Summary of Knowledge and Skills Proper waste disposal and management can be done by applying the 3R – Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. Reducing means lessening the amount of trash/garbage produced. Reusing refers to using materials more than once while recycling means creating new material or product out of trash/garbage.
EPA regulates household, industrial, and manufacturing solid and hazardous wastes under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA).
Organic waste matter such as animal manure, urine and bedding material is non-hazardous waste, though chemical waste may be classified as hazardous waste.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) is the federal agency charged with regulating hazardous waste. The U.S. EPA generally defers active regulation of hazardous waste to state agencies that implement both the federal and state hazardous waste programs. California contains such agencies.
Ammunition. Batteries: Lithium and NiCad. Computers. Fireworks. Flea powder. Gun cleaners. Lighter fluid. Nail polish remover.
RCRA gives EPA the authority to control hazardous waste from the "cradle-to-grave." This includes the generation, transportation, treatment, storage and disposal of hazardous waste.