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Waste & Recycling
EPA Resources
Hazardous waste
About Superfund
This page provides an overview of the Superfund program, highlights key steps in the Superfund cleanup process, explains how the program is enforced, describes EPA's Superfund offices, and links to other EPA hazardous-waste programs.
www.epa.gov/superfund/about.htm
Cleanup for Kids
NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) designed this site
to teach you about oil spills and other hazardous chemical accidents. You
will find information about how oil spills can occur and how NOAA works
to help clean them up. You'll also find experiments you can do to demonstrate
to others the hazards of oil spills.
response.restoration.noaa.gov/kids/kids.html
Environmental Protection Begins With You (EPA-530-K-06-001)(PDF) (24pp, 530K About
PDF ) July 2006
epa.gov/epaoswer/osw/docs/comm-serv2.pdf
Superfund:
Hazardous Substance and Hazardous Waste
This site provides useful information on hazardous chemicals, different
types of waste materials and how to properly dispose of them.
www.epa.gov/superfund/students/clas_act/haz-ed/ff_01.htm
Volunteer for Change (EPA530-K-01-002)(PDF) (24pp, 567K About
PDF ) May 2001
epa.gov/osw/education/teens/pdf/vol4chng.pdf
Volunteer for Change: A Guide to Environmental Community Service en Español (PDF)(23
pp, 577K About
PDF )
epa.gov/osw/education/teens/pdf/k01002s.pdf
This guide to environmental community service features the ABCs of volunteering
plus projects on reuse, recycling, composting, and household hazardous waste.
Solid waste
Consumer's Handbook
for Reducing Solid Waste
Discover why trash is a problem, why recycling is useful, and what you
can do!
epa.gov/osw/wycd/catbook
Cool School Challenge 
Take the challenge at your school and learn about everyday actions you can take to reduce your environmental impact locally and globally.
http://www.coolschoolchallenge.org/
The Green Flag Program
www.greenflagschools.org
The Green Flag Program helps schools become healthier places for kids, and teaches
students about the school's environment. Parents, teachers, and kids work together
to investigate environmental issues in school, identify problems, create solutions,
and improve the school environment.
Municipal Solid Waste
in the United States
What happens to our trash? This report provides the latest facts and figures
on municipal solid waste generation, recycling, and disposal in the United
States, based on data collected from 1960 through 2000.
www.epa.gov/epawaste/nonhaz/municipal/msw99.htm
Recycling
Because there's not one simple remedy for our trash problem, this site
explains and explores why we need to consider a combination of solutions
to manage it. Reducing and reusing waste, recycling, burning trash for
energy recovery, and land filling are all parts of the solution.
www.epa.gov/epawaste/conserve/rrr/recycle.htm
Recycling Hotline
Type in your ZIP code or find your State on a map to locate recycling centers
in your community for all types of recyclables.
washingtondc.earth911.org/usa/master.asp
Trash
Goes to School - Activities
A range of activities and projects for learning about solid waste and recycling.
Covers reduction, recycling, composting, incineration, landfills and risk.
cwmi.css.cornell.edu/TrashGoesToSchool/Activities9-12.html
Where Can I Donate or Recycle My Old Computer and Other Electronic Products?
Web sites and organizations that can provide information on opportunities
for donating and recycling computers and other electronics.
www.epa.gov/epawaste/conserve/materials/ecycling/donate.htm
Your Environment, Your Choice
epa.gov/epawaste/education/teens/
This site will help you be able to make environmentally sound choices about the products and natural resources you use, the waste you create and the environment in which you live.
Resources
Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA)
Also known as the Superfund Act, CERCLA provides funding to clean up uncontrolled
or abandoned hazardous waste sites, as well as accidents, spills, and other
emergency releases of pollutants and contaminants into the environment.
epa.gov/regulations/laws/index.html#cercla
Envirofacts: EPA's Data Warehouse
A national information system that provides an integrated, single point of access to data extracted from six major EPA databases. Find data on hazardous waste sites by zip code, county, city, or state.
www.epa.gov/enviro
Municipal Solid Waste
in the United States
What happens to our trash? This report provides the latest facts and figures on municipal solid waste generation, recycling, and disposal in the United States, based on data collected from 1960 through 2000.
www.epa.gov/epawaste/nonhaz/municipal/msw99.htm
Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
RCRA gives EPA the authority to control the generation, transportation, treatment, storage, and disposal of hazardous waste. It also establishes
a framework to manage solid waste.
epa.gov/regulations/laws/rcra.html
Tools to Reduce Waste in Schools
http://www.epa.gov/epawaste/education/toolkit.htm
EPA's Tools to Reduce Waste in Schools helps your school and school district reduce the amount of waste you generate. You'll learn how to start a waste reduction program or expand an existing one. The guide will show you how your program can benefit your school, your community, and the environment by reducing, reusing, and recycling your waste.
Window to My Environment
This interactive map enables you to see land use and environmental conditions
for your community, including local population density, release of toxic
substances, Superfund sites, and environmental monitoring stations.
www.epa.gov/enviro/wme