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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... incentives . The bill sets a national goal of 25 percent recycling by 1995 , 50 percent by the turn of the century . But overall goals alone are not enough . If we are to make recycling a permanent fixture in American society , our ...
... incentives . The bill sets a national goal of 25 percent recycling by 1995 , 50 percent by the turn of the century . But overall goals alone are not enough . If we are to make recycling a permanent fixture in American society , our ...
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... incentives to conserve our natural resources . Recycling is integral to any waste management strategy . The degree to which our nation reduces its reliance on landfilling and diverts valuable materials from waste to products made with ...
... incentives to conserve our natural resources . Recycling is integral to any waste management strategy . The degree to which our nation reduces its reliance on landfilling and diverts valuable materials from waste to products made with ...
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... incentives in order to improve the demand side of the equa- tion as well . Members of the committee , Mr. Chairman , that concludes my statement this morning . I am very happy that you allowed me to take this time to come before you . I ...
... incentives in order to improve the demand side of the equa- tion as well . Members of the committee , Mr. Chairman , that concludes my statement this morning . I am very happy that you allowed me to take this time to come before you . I ...
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... incentives may be appropriate to encourage develop- ment of the infrastructure needed to support expanded recycling activities and to ensure adequate capacity for secondary materials . The Federal Government must also consider the ...
... incentives may be appropriate to encourage develop- ment of the infrastructure needed to support expanded recycling activities and to ensure adequate capacity for secondary materials . The Federal Government must also consider the ...
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... incentives . In Seattle we found that people's behavior changes occur when you hit them in the pocketbook . We also find that's true in the commercial sector . We believe there could be a fuller array of incentive - based material ...
... incentives . In Seattle we found that people's behavior changes occur when you hit them in the pocketbook . We also find that's true in the commercial sector . We believe there could be a fuller array of incentive - based material ...
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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.
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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.
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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...