Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Amendments of 1991: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Environmental Protection of the Committee on Environment and Public Works, United States Senate, One Hundred Second Congress, First Session, on S. 976 ... June 5, 6, 18; July 24 and 25, 1991U.S. Government Printing Office, 1991 - 3 pages |
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... amount is the trend in waste gen- eration . Thirty years ago we threw out about half as much as we do today . Ten years from now , if present trends continue , we will throw out some 300 pounds more each year - nearly a ton of trash for ...
... amount is the trend in waste gen- eration . Thirty years ago we threw out about half as much as we do today . Ten years from now , if present trends continue , we will throw out some 300 pounds more each year - nearly a ton of trash for ...
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... amount of flexibility by allowing intercompany transfer of recycling credit rights . Mr. Chairman , members of the committee , the legislation that you , Mr. Chairman , together with Senator Chafee , recently intro- duced is an ...
... amount of flexibility by allowing intercompany transfer of recycling credit rights . Mr. Chairman , members of the committee , the legislation that you , Mr. Chairman , together with Senator Chafee , recently intro- duced is an ...
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... amount that's actually disposed of , rather than the amount that's actually recycled . Because , clearly , if we're successful in our efforts at reducing the amount of waste produced , we have gone a long ways to being able to handle ...
... amount that's actually disposed of , rather than the amount that's actually recycled . Because , clearly , if we're successful in our efforts at reducing the amount of waste produced , we have gone a long ways to being able to handle ...
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... amount of reduction in waste disposed rather than the amount of waste generated . Measuring reduction in the amount of material we throw away is the most valid and accurate indicator of our progress in waste management . We think that ...
... amount of reduction in waste disposed rather than the amount of waste generated . Measuring reduction in the amount of material we throw away is the most valid and accurate indicator of our progress in waste management . We think that ...
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... amount of PVC will contaminate a load of PET bottles , rendering an entire batch of resin unusable . If directory publishers were required to use a different type of glue in their bindings , recycling of phone books would be possible ...
... amount of PVC will contaminate a load of PET bottles , rendering an entire batch of resin unusable . If directory publishers were required to use a different type of glue in their bindings , recycling of phone books would be possible ...
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Page 359 - Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin and West Virginia.
Page 715 - States have, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations and the principles of international law, the sovereign right to exploit their own resources pursuant to their own environmental policies, and the responsibility to ensure that activities within their jurisdiction or control do not cause damage to the environment of other States or of areas beyond the limits of national jurisdiction.
Page 83 - ... treatment plant, or air pollution control facility and other discarded material, including solid, liquid, semisolid, or contained gaseous material resulting from industrial, commercial, mining, and agricultural operations, and from community activities, but does not include solid or dissolved material in...
Page 682 - Parties may enter into bilateral, multilateral or regional agreements or arrangements regarding transboundary movement of hazardous wastes or other wastes with Parties or non-Parties provided that such agreements or arrangements do not derogate from the environmentally sound management of hazardous wastes and other wastes as required by this Convention.
Page 83 - Solid waste" means any garbage, refuse, sludge from a waste treatment plant, water supply treatment plant, or air pollution control facility and other discarded material, including solid, liquid, semisolid, or contained gaseous material resulting from industrial, commercial, mining, and agricultural operations, and from community activities.
Page 720 - Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Congo...
Page 7 - need to produce goods" and the "need to protect the environment" by modifying the materials system so that all resources, including environmental, are paid for by users.
Page 612 - To report promptly to officials, employees, customers, and the public, information on chemical-related health or environmental hazards and to recommend protective measures.
Page 411 - All of those will be included in the record. (The statements referred to follow:) STATEMENT BY WILLIAM A.
Page 95 - Congress1 intent that protection of human health and the environment be subordinated to the continuation of used oil recycling activities. The Agency can and should prohibit or control used oil recycling practices that it determines will pose a potential hazard to human health and the environment even though such regulations would impede recycling. The intent of the provision is to make it clear that Congress ' paramount interest in regulating used oil is to assure protection of human health and...