United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5305W)
EPA530-B-98-003
Summer 1998
www.epa.gov
xvEPA
Office of Solid Waste
Publications
Copies of the following publications can be obtained for no charge by:
• Calling the EPA RCRA/UST, Superfund, and EPCRA Hotline at 800 424-9346 or 703 412-9810 in the
Washington, DC, metropolitan area. You will need to provide the document number for the publication(s) you
wish to order.
• Mailing in this flyer with the publication(s) you wish to order. Simply write Hie number of copies requested on
the line next to the publication.
All publications marked by an asterisk are available on the OSW Publications CD-ROM. See back panel for
ordering information.
COMBUSTION/INCINERATION
530-SW-88-024
Permitting Hazardous Waste Incinerators
530-R-94-020
Sampling and Analysis of Municipal Refuse
Incinerator Ash
530-R-94-044
Strategy for Hazardous Waste Minimization
and Combustion
COMPOSTING
530-R-98-008
An Analysis of Composting as an
Environmental Remediation Technology
530-F-97-047
Compost—New Applications for an Age-Old
Technology - Kit Folder containing:
530-F-97-042
Innovative Uses of Compost:
Biorernediation and Pollution Prevention
_ 530-F-97-045
Innovative Uses of Compost:
Composting Soils Contaminated by
Explosives
_ 530-F-97-044
Innovative Uses of Compost: Disease
Control for Plants and Animals
_ 530-F-97-043
Innovative Uses of Compost: Erosion
Control, Turf Remediation, and
Landscaping
530-F-97-046
Innovative Uses of Compost:
Reforestation, Wetlands Restoration,
and Habitat Revitalization
530-R-97-003
Organic Materials Management Strategies
_ *530-F-92-012
Environmental Fact Sheet: Recycling Grass
Clippings
_ *530/SW-91-009
Environmental Fact Sheet: Yard Waste
Composting
EDUCATIONAL
*530/SW-90-024
Adventures of the Garbage Gremlin: Recycle
and Combat a Life of Grime (Comic Book)
*530-K-95-005
Don't Trash It! Super Fun (Children's
Activity Booklet)
*530/SW-90-005
Let's Reduce and Recycle: A Curriculum for
Solid Waste Awareness
*530/SW-90-025
Recycle Today: Educational Materials for
Grades K-12 '
530-B-97-004
A Resource Guide of Solid Waste
Educational Materials
*530/SW-90-010
Ride the Wave of the Future: Recycle Today!
(Poster)
*530/SW-90-023
School Recycling Programs: A Handbook for
Educators
530 F 96 00 IS
Cdmo Obtener Acceso al Centro de
Inforrnacidn Sobre la RCRA (Ley para la
Conservacidn y Recuperacidn de Recursos)
530-F-92-031S
Desechos Domesticos Peligrosos: Pasos para
un mancjo seguro
530-F-96-025S
! ,fnea Informativa para la RCRA, el
Superfondo y la EPCRA
530-F-96-004S
Manejando Aceite Usado: Consejos para
Empresas Pequehas
530-R-96-007S
Manual de Participacidn Publica de la RCRA
530-K-92-003S
Manual del Consurnidor para Reducir los
Desechos Solidos
530-F-96-007S
El Proceso de Permisos para Instalaciones de
Residuos Peligrosos
_ 530-F-95-030S
Reglamento de Participacidn Publica
Expanclida de la RCRA
530-F-95-025S
Reglamento de Residues Universaies
GENERAL
*530-F-97-017
Environmental Fact Sheet: Electronic Access
to OSW
*530-F-96-001
How to Access [he RCRA Information Center
530-C-97-006
OSW Publications on CD-ROM
*530 F 96 025
RCRA, Superfund, and EPCRA Hotline
530-R-98-004
RCRA Orientation Manual
530-B-98-002
Resources on Waste for Your Home and
Community
[-'tinted on paper that contains at least 20 percent postconsumer fiber.
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RESTRICTIONS
530-F-95-024
Environmental Fact Sheet: Proposal to Release
Low-Risk Hazardous Waste From Regulation
530-F-92-027
Environmental Fact Sheet: The National
Corrective Action Prioritization System
*530 F 96 007
Hazardous Waste Facility Permitting Process
*530-F-96-032
Hazardous Waste Requirements for Large
Quantity Generators
530-F-97-029
Identifying Your Waste: The Starting Point
530-S-97-022
Biennial RCRA Hazardous Waste Report
(Based on 1995 Data); Executive Summary
530-F-96-005
Passing the Torch: Streamlined State
Authorization
*530 F 95 030
RCRA Expanded Public Participation Rule
(Brochure)
*530 R 96 007
RCRA Public Participation Manual
*530-K-97-004
RCRA: Reducing Risk from Waste
530-K-97-003
Sensitive Environments and the Siting of
Hazardous Waste Management Facilities
*530 K 95 001
Understanding the Hazardous Waste Rules: A
Handbook for Small Businesses—1996 Update
*530 F 95 025
The Universal Waste Rule
MINIMIZATION
530-K-94-003
Review of Industrial Waste Exchanges
_ *530-SW-90-044
W'aste Minimization: Environmental Quality
with Economic Benefits
_ *530-R-94-045
Waste Minimization National Plan
_ 530 F-97 010
Waste Minimization National Plan: Reducing
Toxics in our Nation's Waste (Brochure)
_ 530-F-97-028
Waste Minimization National Plan: Reducing
Toxics in our Nation's Waste (Kit Folder)
HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS
WASTE
*530-F-92-031
ITousehold ITazardous Waste: Steps to Safe
Management
"530-K-92-006
Used Dry Cell Batteries: Is a Collection
Program Right for Your Community?
530-F-96-008
Environmental Fact Sheet: EPA Publishes
Land Disposal Restrictions Treatment
Standards
530-F-94-025
Environmental Fact Sheet: EPA Simplifies
Land Disposal Restrictions by Establishing a
Set of Universal Treatment Standards, and
Finalizes Treatment Standards for 42 Newly
Listed and Identified Wastes
530-SW-90-048
Environmental Fact Sheet: Milestone! Fifth
Rulemaking Finalizes Land Disposal
Restrictions
530 F 92 Oil
Environmental Fact Sheet: Treatment
Standards Finalized for 20 Newly Listed
Hazardous Wastes and Hazardous Debris
530-F-97-014
Environmental Fact Sheet: Treatment
Standards Finalized for Wood Preserving
Wastes; Less Paperwork Required Under
LDR Program
530F-98-010
Environmental Fact Sheet: Treatment, Stan-
dards Set for Tbxicity Characteristic (TC)
Metal, Mineral Processing Wastes, and
Contaminated Soil
LANDFILLING
*530/SW-91-089
Criteria for Solid Waste Disposal Facilities: A
Guide for Owners/Operators
530-K-97-002
Financial Responsibility for Municipal Solid
Waste Landfills
530-F-97-002
Geosynthetic Clay Liners Used in Municipal
Solid Waste Landfills
_ 530-F-97-001
Landfill Reclamation
530-R-96-006
List of Municipal Solid Waste Landfills
_ *530/SW-91-092
Safer Disposal for Solid Waste; The Federal
Regulation for Landfills
MEDICAL WASTES
*530 F 93 027b
Disposal Tips for Home Health Care (Patient
Flyer)
*530 F 93 027a
Disposal Tips for Home Health Care
(Professional Brochure)
*530-SW-90-089
Handle with Care: How to Throw Out Used
Insulin Syringes and Lancets at 1 lome; A
Booklet for Young People with Diabetes and
their Families
MUNICIPAL
530-R-98-007
Characterization of Municipal Solid Waste in
the United States: 1997 Update
530-S-9S-007
Characterization of Municipal Solid Waste in
the United States: 1997 Update; Executive
Summary
*530-R-95-023
Decision-Makers Guide to Solid Waste
Management; Second Edition
*530-F-94-009
Environmental Fact Sheet: EPA Sets
Degradability Standards for Plastic Ring
Carriers
*530-F-92-024
Green Advertising Claims
*530-K-96-002
It's Easy Being Green! A Guide to
Conducting Environmentally Aware
Meetings and Events
*530 K 93 001
Joining Forces on Solid Waste Management:
Regionalization is Wbrking in Rural and
Small Communities
*530-K-96-001
Making Solid (Waste) Decisions with Full
Cost Accounting
530-C-97-001
MSW Factbook (Version 4,0) (3-1/2"
diskette)
*530-K-95-010
Planning for Disaster Debris
*530/SW-89-051a
Report to Congress: Methods to Manage and
Control Plastic Wastes; Executive Summary
530-S-95-008
Report to Congress on Flow Control arid
Municipal Solid Waste; Executive Summary
*530-K-93-002
Reporting on Municipal Solid Waste: A Local
Issue
*530/SW-90-019
Sites for our Solid Waste: A Guidebook for
Public Involvement
530/SW-89-019
Solid Waste Dilemma: An Agenda for Action
530 F 97 029
Solid Waste Funding: A Guide to Federal
Assistance
NEWSLETTERS
Native American Network
Reusable News
Strategy Update: A Newsletter on EPA's
Hazardous Waste Minimization arid
Combustion Activities
Waste Wise Update
OIL AND GAS
530 K 95 003
Crude Qil and Natural Gas Exploration and
Production Wastes: Exemption from RCRA
Subtitle C Regulation
MUNICIPAL
*530-K-96-003
The Consumer's Handbook for Reducing
Solid Waste
*530 K 92 004
A Business Guide for Reducing Solid Waste
*530/SW-89-015c
Characterization of Products Containing
Lead and Cadmium in Municipal Solid
Waste in the United States, 1970 to 2000:
Executive Summary
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*530-S-92-013
Characterization of Products Containing
Mercury in Municipal Solid Waste in the
United States, 1970 to 2000; Executive
Summary
*530-F-96-038
Donating Surplus Food to the Needy
*530-B-97-001
Electronics Reuse and Recycling Directory
*530-F-96-037
Managing Food Scraps as Animal Feed
*530 R 94 004
Pay as You Throw: Lessons Learned About
Unit Pricing
530-F-97-007
Pay-As-You-Throw Success Stories
530-F-96-028
Pay-As-You-Throw: Throw Away Less and
Save
530-F-96-016
Pick-Up Savings: Adjusting Hauling Services
While Reducing Waste
530-B-95-011
Source Reduction Bibliography
530 E 97 001
Source Reduction Program Potential Manual:
A Planning Packet (contains manual listed
below ancf Rcducclt: Companion Software)
530-R-97-002
Source Reduction Program Potential Manual:
A Planning Tool
*530-K-95-002
Spotlight on Waste Prevention: EPA's
Program to Reduce Solid Waste at the Source
530/SW-91-005
Unit Pricing: Providing an Incentive to
Reduce Waste
530/SW 90 084a
Variable Rates in Solid Waste: Handbook for
Solid Waste Officials: Executive Summary
*530 F 93 008
Waste Prevention: It Makes Good Business
Sense
*530-K-92-005
Waste Prevention Pays Off: Companies Cut
Waste in the Workplace
*530-R-92-015
Waste Prevention, Recycling, and
Composting Options: Lessons from 30
Communities
530-R-95-044
WasteWiSe First Annual Progress Report
530-R-96-016
WasteWiSe Second Year Progress Report
530-R-97-045
WasteWiSe Third-Year Progress Report
*530-F-94-006
WasteWiSe Tip Sheet: Facility Waste
Assessments
*530-F-94-003
WasteWiSe Tip Sheei: Waste Prevention
530-F-94-002
WasteWiSe Tip Sheet: WasteWiSe Program
Road Map
RECYCLING
530 B 97 014
Construction Products Containing Recovered
Materials
530 F 97 049
Environmental Lact Sheet: EPA Expands
Comprehensive Procurement Guidelines
(CPC)
*530-F-95-010
Environmental Fact Sheet: EPA Issues
Comprehensive Procurement Guideline
*530-F-97-015
Environmental Fact Sheet: Recycling
Municipal Solid Waste: 1995 Facts and
Figures
530-F-92-014
Federal Recycling Program (Brochure)
530-R-96-004
Final Paper Products Recovered Materials
Advisory Notice (RMAN): Response to
530 R 95 077
Full Cost Accounting Resource Guide
*530-F-94-007
How to Start or Expand a Recycling
Collection Program (Faci Sheet)
530-K-97-009
Implementation of the Mercury-Containing
and Rechargeable Battery Management Act
530-F-98-001
Jobs Through Recycling Program
530 B 97 012
Landscaping Products Containing Recovered
Materials
*530 R 95 001
Manufacturing From Recyclables: 24 Case
Studies of Successful Enterprises
530-R-97-011
Measuring Recycling: A Guide for State and
Local Governments
530-F-97-048
Measuring Recycling: EPA's Voluntary
Standard Method (Brochure)
530-B-97-008
Mills that Manufacture Printing and Writing
Writing Papers, Using Recovered Paper
30-B-97-010
Mills that Produce Newsprint Containing
Postconsumer Recovered Paper
530-B-97-009
Mills that Produce Tissue Products
Containing Recovered Paper
530-B-97-007
Miscellaneous Products (Pallets) Containing
Recovered Materials
530-F-97-035
1997 Buy-Recycled Series: Construction
Products
530-F-97-034
1997 Buy- Recycled Series: Landscaping
Products
530-F-97-033
1997 Buy- Recycled Series: Non-Paper Office
Products
530 F 97 031
1997 Buy-Recycled Series: Pallets
(Miscellaneous Products)
*530 F 96 014
1996 Buy-Recycled Series: Paper Products
530-F-97-032
1997 Buy- Recycled Series: Park and
Recreation Products
530-F-97-036
1997 Buy-Recycled Series: Transportation
Products
530-F-97-037
1997 Buy- Recycled Series: Vehicular Products
530 B97 Oil
Nonpaper Office Products Containing
Recovered Materials
530-B-97-006
Park and Recreation Products Containing
Recovered Materials
530/SW-91-011
Procurement Guidelines for Government
Agencies
530-K-97-008
Puzzled About Recycling? Look Beyond the Bin
530 F 98 003
Questions and Answers about Full Cost
Accounting
*530 F 92 003
Recycle: You Can Make a Ton of Difference
(Brochure)
530-H-92-001
Recycle: You Can Make a Ton of Difference
(Poster)
*530-K-95-004
Recycling Means Business
*530/SW-89-014
Recycling Works! State and Local Success
Stories
530-R-93-013
Report to Congress: A Study of the LIse of
Recycled Paving Materials
530-R-95-042
Report to Congress: Recovery and Recycling
of Plastics from Durable Goods
530-R-96-003
Summary of Comments on the Proposed
Paper Products Recovered Materials
Advisory Notice (RMAN)
530/SW-90-073b
Summary of Markets for Compost
530/SW-90-072b
Summary of Markets for Recovered
Aluminum
530/SW 90 071b
Summary of Markets for Recovered Glass
530/SW-90-074b
Summary of Markets for Scrap Tires
530-B-97-013
Transportation Products Containing
Recovered Materials
530-B-97-005
Vehicular Products Containing Recovered
Materials
*530-F-94-005
WasteWiSe Tip Sheet: Buying or
Manufacturing Recycled Products
*530 F 94 004
WasteWiSe Tip Sheet: Recycling Collection
530 R-96 051
Grant Resources for Solid Waste Activities in
Indian Country
530-F-97-019
Environmental Fact Sheet: It's 1997...
530-F-97-050
Partnerships in Solid Waste Management
530-F-97-051
Preparing Successful Grant Proposals
*530 K 95 006
Recycling Guide for Native American Nations
530-R-97-016
Site-Specific Flexibility Requests for
OIL
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*530/SW-89-039a
How to Set Up a Local Program to Recycle
Used Oil
*530-F-96-004
Managing Used Oil: Advice for Small
Businesses
*530/SW-89-039b
Recycling Used Oil: What Can You Do?
(Brochure)
NTIS
Publications from NTIS can be ordered
by calling 800 553 6847 or sending an
e mail to .
*PB94-163 250
Composting Yard Trimmings and Municipal
Solid Waste"
*PB94-100 138
Markets for Compost
*PB93-170 132
Markets for Recovered Aluminum
*PB93-169 845
Markets for Recovered Glass
*PB92-115 252
Markets for Scrap Tires
*PB90-199 431
Office Paper Recycling: An Implementation
Manual
*PB90 163 122
Promoting Source Reduction and
Recyclabifity in the Marketplace
Publications
Many solid waste publications are
available online at the Office of Solid
Waste Web site, .
Publications marked with an asterisk
are available on the OSW
Publications CD-ROM. To order a
copy, call the National Center for
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Information at 800 490 9198 or the
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