Provides links to local resources pertaining to household hazardous waste, recycling centers, and medical waste. Also provides information related to energy conservation, green shopping tips, organics and composting and water conservation.
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Two tables taken from the report Too good to throw away showing energy savings and CO2 impact from recycling and the recover rates of materials found in the U.S. waste stream.
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Educational institutions are not exempt from compliance with EPA’s requirements for disposal of hazardous wastes under the RCRA. The college was cited for not properly identifying, labeling, documenting and cataloging the materials or notifying the emergency response agencies in the area.
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A brief description of hazardous waste characteristics and the approved method of testing, according to The Code of Federal Regulations, Title 40, Paragraph 261.20.
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A database created to provide information on hazardous substances released from Superfund sites or from emergency events. Also, the effects of hazardous substances on the health of humans. List of Priority Substances included, site specific information about toxic substances and their fate. Formerly, the HazDat Database.
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This is a two part brief with insights into disposing of, uses for, and recycling used oil in the auto industry. To get to the second part scroll to the end of the article and click on “to see previous articles”, scroll down to the APRIL 2003 section, and click on managing used oil (part 2)
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An article relating how mandates of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) caused fines to 281 collision repair shops for negligence perpetrated by their Hazardous Waste Hauler and recycler.
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The Environmental Protection Agency provides links to three versions of the booklet providing consumers helpful suggestions for becoming a part of the pollution solution.
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EERL's mission is to be the best possible online collection of environmental and energy sustainability resources for community college educators and for their students. The resources are also available for practitioners and the public.
EERL & ATEEC
EERL is a product of a community college-based National Science Foundation Center, the Advanced Technology Environmental and Energy Center (ATEEC), and its partners.
Contact ATEEC 563.441.4087 or by email ateec@eicc.edu
