SRWM Solid & Hazardous Waste

Solid & Hazardous Waste Resources

• Biomass Theory, Conversion: Landfill Gas
  Landfill gas is generated by the decay (anaerobic digestion) of buried trash and garbage in landfills. When the organic waste decomposes, it generates gas consisting of approximately 50 percent methane, the major component of natural gas.EPA Office of Solid Waste  - The Office of Solid Waste (OSW) operates under authority of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. We protect human health and the environment by ensuring responsible national management of hazardous and nonhazardous waste.
• EPA Municipal Solid Waste Factbook The Municipal Solid Waste Factbook is an electronic reference manual containing over 250 screens of information about household waste management practices. It contains information about the federal MSW program as well as profiles of individual state programs, and comparisons of practices in major developed nations. Tables, charts and maps display useful facts and figures about source reduction, recycling, land disposal and combustion of MSW.
• Gas-Care A new public-private alliance today announced a public awareness campaign to inform consumers and small businesses about the proper handling of gasoline in efforts to promote improved environmental, health and safety
• Green Shopping - Your place to shop for eco-friendly products & information from ethical manufacturers with a commitment to the environment.
• New Jersey Solid Waste Policy Group - The Solid Waste Policy Group is based at Rutgers University.  It is intended to serve as a forum on many levels to bridge the communications gaps which may exist between  municipal or county waste disposal and recycling professionals, academic institutions, government at all levels, legislators, haulers and other members of the private waste and recycling sector, environmental and other affected advocacy groups, educators and the public.  Its ultimate goal is to allow for creation of more coordinated and visionary waste management systems at all levels throughout the state, by fostering cooperation, research, and sharing of information and resources in a way that benefits all sectors.
• Pennsylvania's Recycling Page - Pennsylvania's Department of Environmental Protection.
• Recycler's World - a resource center for information relating to secondary or recyclable commodities, by-products, used and surplus items or materials and collectible items.
• Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) page of the primary federal legislation in the United States to handle hazardous waste.
• Solid Waste and Recycling - general environmental topics in the Greening of the White House CD-ROM related to solid waste and recycling, solid waste, recycling slide show, recyclable materials and composting
• Solid Waste Management & Education - This page is supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, and the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality.
• Solid Waste Association of North America's mission is to advance the practice of economically and environmentally sound solid waste management in North America.