Reading to be done before Class: ESBS Chapter 22
Come to class with a basic familiarity with the following concepts and ideas: Waste, Municipal solid waste, industrial solid waste, hazardous waste, waste management (minimizing, recovery, disposing), waste stream, sanitary landfills, RCRA, lechate, incineration, waste-to-energy, source reduction, composting, recycling, industrial ecology, life-cycle analysis, hazardous waste, electronic waste, surface impoundments, deep-well injection, 

Hazardous Waste

Hazardous Waste
Definition of hazardous waste
Love Canal Case Study

History of Legislation

• 1976 Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
• 1980 The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA or Superfund Act)

Where is the Hazardous Waste?

Cleaning it up

• Brownfields
• Polluter pays laws
• Clean-Up Options
• Treatment
• Disposal
• Minimizing and Recycling

Solid Waste (if time)