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Management of household and small-quantity-generator hazardous waste in the United States

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:7160288
The International Solid Waste and Public Cleansing Association (ISWA), an international nongovernmental organization comprising twenty-seven national organizations of waste management professionals, conducted a survey to obtain information regarding household and small-quantity-generator hazardous wastes. The report presents the U.S. response to the survey. The questionnaire covered five different areas: (1) problems, (2) policy approach, (3) technical and organizational aspects, (4) case studies, and (5) treatment and disposal research and development. Comments were also invited. The appendices include the ISWA Questionnaire, a table and other information regarding State laws and regulations governing household hazardous waste, and a listing of the permanent household hazardous waste collection programs operating in 1988.
Research Organization:
Energy and Environmental Research Corp., Durham, NC (USA)
OSTI ID:
7160288
Report Number(s):
PB-90-148867/XAB
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English