US Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)

Title

US Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)

Description

RCRA gave the EPA power to control the generation, transport, treatment, storage and disposal of hazardous waste and set a framework for the management of non-hazardous solid waste.

Creator

Environmental Protection Agency

Date

1976

Files

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Citation

Environmental Protection Agency, “US Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA),” Fifty Years of Green: An Environmental History of Middlebury College since 1965, accessed December 3, 2024, https://goldenorb.middlebury.edu/fyg/items/show/148.