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Solid Waste

Catalog of Hazardous And Solid Waste Publications: 17th Edition, United States Environmntal Protection Agency (USEPA), Office of Solid Waste (OSW), September 2004  (4.37 MB)

Composting Yard Trimmings and Municipal Solid Waste, USEPA, EPA530-R-94-003, May 1994  (6.52 MB)

Consumer’s Handbook For Reducing Solid Waste, United States
Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), EPA 530-K-96-003,
September 1996  (4.34 MB)

EPA's Guide For Industrial Waste Management: Protecting Land, Ground Water, Surface Water, Air, United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), December 2002   (4.17 MB)

Managing America's Solid Waste, J.A. Phillips, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, United States Department of Energy (DOE), September 1998  (1.40 MB)

Municipal Solid Waste In The United States (2005): Facts And Figures, USEPA, EPA530-R-06-011, October 2006  (2.51 MB)

Plain English Guide to the EPA Part 503 Biosolids Rule, United States Environmental Protection Agency, EPA Report #832-R-93003, September 1994  (13.38 MB)

Reporting On Municipal Solid Waste: A Local Issue, United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), EPA530-K-93-002, September 1993  (3.72 MB)

Risk Burn Guidance For Hazardous Waste Combustion Facilities, United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), Solid Waste/Emergency Response, EPA530-R-01-001, July 2001  (505 KB)

Solid Waste Incineration In The Chicago Metropolitan Area: The Battle

Over The Illinois Retail Rate Law, Mark Sendzik, Wim Wiewel, College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs, University of Illinois at Chicago, July 1996  (143 KB)

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