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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... plastics , organic material , metals , and other matter . More disturbing than the total 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 ...
... plastics , organic material , metals , and other matter . More disturbing than the total 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 ...
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... plastic containers or tin cans are different from aluminum is the value of the raw material . I don't believe glass bottles are inherently more threatening to the environment . Tin cans don't take up a lot more space in the landfill ...
... plastic containers or tin cans are different from aluminum is the value of the raw material . I don't believe glass bottles are inherently more threatening to the environment . Tin cans don't take up a lot more space in the landfill ...
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... Plastic " . How prophetic ! Today , our food , beverages , clothes , and other goods come in at least seven different polymers , bearing such acronyms as PVC , LDPE , HDPE , and PET , each with its own capacity to keep some- thing warm ...
... Plastic " . How prophetic ! Today , our food , beverages , clothes , and other goods come in at least seven different polymers , bearing such acronyms as PVC , LDPE , HDPE , and PET , each with its own capacity to keep some- thing warm ...
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... plastics pick - up . Plastics pick - up exceeds avoided costs . Senator LIEBERMAN . That's because of your high rate of recovery , the high rate of recycling that going on ? Ms. GALE . A large part of it has to do with the fact that we ...
... plastics pick - up . Plastics pick - up exceeds avoided costs . Senator LIEBERMAN . That's because of your high rate of recovery , the high rate of recycling that going on ? Ms. GALE . A large part of it has to do with the fact that we ...
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... plastic , and textiles . ISRI member firms return over 90 million tons of secondary mate- rials to the economy every year as specification feedstocks to re- place virgin materials that otherwise would have been used . ISRI members also ...
... plastic , and textiles . ISRI member firms return over 90 million tons of secondary mate- rials to the economy every year as specification feedstocks to re- place virgin materials that otherwise would have been used . ISRI members also ...
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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...