Environmental Studies: Waste Management, Hazardous Waste & Environmental Toxicology

This section of the United Nation's website includes the text of the UN's 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, a resolution adopted by the General Assembly in 2015.

Provides information about State Implementation Plans (SIPs) including national standards for SIPs, how SIPs are enforced, and the EPA's role in SIPs.

A summary of the Clean Air Act from the EPA website with a link to the full text of the U.S. Code section.

A summary of the Clean Water Act from the EPA website with a link to the full text of the U.S. Code section.

Features an overview of the Endangered Species Act, a link to the full text of the act, and a fact sheet. From the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service website.

A summary of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 from the EPA website with a link to the full text of the U.S. Code section.

Includes a link to the full text of the 2018-2022 EPA Strategic Plan.

A summary of the Clean Water Act from the EPA website.

A summary of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act from the EPA website.

Provides links to laws, regulations, and acts which shape the work of the Bureau of Land Management, including the Federal Land Policy and Management Act.

This portion of the EPA website features an overview of the RCRA and presents the history of the RCRA.

Includes links to regulations, statutes, policy, guidance, and laws related to EPA's Superfund Program.

Explains what the Paris Agreement is and links to the full text PDF of the agreement. From the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) website.

The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) gives EPA the authority to control hazardous waste from cradle to grave. This includes the generation, transportation, treatment, storage, and disposal of hazardous waste.

The Hazardous Waste Program, under RCRA Subtitle C, establishes a system for controlling hazardous waste from the time it is generated until its ultimate disposal. The Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration regulates the transport of hazardous materials.

Household hazardous waste is regulated on the state and local level. Household hazardous waste is excluded from Subtitle C of RCRA; instead, it is regulated under Subtitle D of this law as a solid waste.

The EPA created the hazardous waste recycling regulations to encourage the reuse and reclamation of hazardous materials in a way that is safe and protective of human health and the environment. The level of regulation that applies to recycled materials depends on the material and the manner in which a material is recycled.

The Solid Waste Program, under RCRA Subtitle D, encourages states to develop comprehensive plans to manage nonhazardous industrial solid waste and municipal solid waste, sets criteria for municipal solid waste landfills and other solid waste disposal facilities, and prohibits the open dumping of solid waste.