Feb 26, 2025 · EPA's RCRA CETA Program assists communities with addressing their concerns about environmental and health issues related to waste management by providing access to support, resources, and information.

Jul 31, 2024 · 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.

Sep 11, 2024 · 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.

The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), enacted in 1976, is the primary federal law in the United States governing the disposal of solid waste and hazardous waste. [1]

The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) is an act that serves mainly to regulate disposal of land-based waste, with a specific focus on hazardous land waste. The ultimate objective of the RCRA is reducing land waste and promoting recycling.

The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act —commonly referred to as RCRA— is our nation's primary law governing the disposal of solid and hazardous waste. Congress passed RCRA on October 21, 1976 to address the increasing problems the nation faced from our growing volume of municipal and industrial waste. RCRA, which

May 31, 2024 · The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act 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. RCRA also set forth a framework for the management of non-hazardous solid wastes.

An outgrowth of RCRA has been the 1980 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), commonly known as Superfund. This act provided broad Federal authority to respond directly to releases or threatened releases of hazardous substances that may endanger public health or the environment. CERCLA

Jul 28, 2020 · 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.

Dec 10, 2020 · The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) is the public law that creates the framework for the proper management of hazardous and non-hazardous solid waste. The law describes the waste management program mandated by Congress that gave EPA authority to develop the RCRA program.