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How Does the U.S. Govern Waste ?

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1. Solid Waste

 

    The Voyage of the Mobro

 

2. Toxic Waste

 

    a. Lead: A case study

 

    b. Disposal

The Issue-Attention Cycle

   

                Love Canal 

 

                Times Beach, Russell Bliss and Dioxin in Eastern Missouri

                     
    c. Regulating toxics from cradle to grave

• Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), 1976
   
• Toxic Substances Control Act, 1976

• The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation,and Liability Act
   (CERCLA, or Superfund), 1980


Link to Superfund / Missouri CERCLA Sites / National Priorities List Sites in Missouri  /
Link to Missouri Department of Natural Resources Hazardous Waste Management Program

 

3. Nuclear Waste

   

    Low-Level Waste

 

    High-Level Waste