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Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum

1996

Conservation

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Reengineering Rcra: The Command Control Requirements Of The Waste Disposal Paradigm Of Subtitle C And The Act’S Objective Of Fostering Recycling-Rethinking The Definition Of Solid Waste, Again, R. Michael Sweeney Jan 1996

Reengineering Rcra: The Command Control Requirements Of The Waste Disposal Paradigm Of Subtitle C And The Act’S Objective Of Fostering Recycling-Rethinking The Definition Of Solid Waste, Again, R. Michael Sweeney

Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum

INTRODUCTION In 1992, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) created the Definition of Solid Waste Task Force (Task Force). 1 Specifically, the Task Force was created to eliminate perceived disincentives to recycling, eliminate regulatory loopholes for those recycling practices presenting risks to health and the environment, and clarify the definition of solid waste. 2 In September, 1994, the Task Force published a report titled Reengineering RCRA for Recycling: Definition of Solid Waste Task Force: Report and Recommendations (Reengineering RCRA). 3 This report advocated a new national regulatory system for recycling. 4 Consistent with past practice, the proposed system is …