1. Chapter 23 Solid & Hazardous Waste

2. Waste = Food Pollution Prevention Act 1990 Pollution prevention is reducing or eliminating waste at the source by modifying production processes, promoting the use of non-toxic or less-toxic substances, implementing conservation techniques, and re-using materials rather than putting them into the waste stream. Under this initiative, EPA focuses on an industry-by- industry approach rather than a pollutant-by-pollutant approach to regulatory policy.

3. The Three R’s Three goals: 1) Reduce 2) Reuse 3) Recycle

4. Bottle Bills Michigan 10cents vs 5 cents = Fraud an Smuggling! 97% recycling rate on all beverage containers!

5. The Problem of Tires Crumb Recycling Incineration Retreads Low Grade Rubber

6. Those Numbers !

8. 5 Plastic Gyres

9. Microplastics

10. Solid Waste Types of Solid Waste

11. Solid Waste Disposal of Solid Waste

12. Sanitary Landfills

13. Problems Associated with Sanitary Landfills 1.Methane gas production 2.Surface & Ground water contamination 3.Traffic 4.Even when closed, considerable cost

14. Mass Burn Incinerator

15. http://www.ecomaine.org/electricgen/index.shtm http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/13/science/earth/13trash.html?page wanted=all.

16. Industrial Composting

17. Integrated Waste Management

18. E-Waste 1999 average lifespan of a computer 4-6 years. 2005 it dropped to less than 2 years. Personal computers contain toxic heavy metals such as barium, cadmium, chromium, copper, zinc, nickel and lead. All regulated by the EPA.

19. Super Fund 1980 2008 1255 - Sites Listed 332 - Delisted 63 New sites proposed 2002 1234 Sites Listed 259 Delisted 2014 1319 Sites Listed 375 Delisted 53 New sites proposed

20. Superfund = abandoned hazardous sites 1. A response to “The Love Canal” 2. Where does the money come from? – Tax expired 1995 70% parties responsible pay cleanup Those who own the site now and before Those who transported to the site 30% paid for by a tax on polluting companies and or state and federal funds 21 years / 400 million Love Canal Part One http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKIM9sE0t6I&feature=related Part Two http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXSE9kcBQCI&feature=related Georgiahttp://www.epa.gov/region4/waste/npl/index. htm#GAhttp://www.epa.gov/region4/waste/npl/index. htm#GA