Small Community Solid Waste and Litter
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External sites are not endorsed by NESC and are offered for information
purposes only. Please click on the links below to see their designated pages.
Links are listed in alphabetical order.
• Association
of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials (ASTSWMO)
ASTSWMO focuses
on the needs of state hazardous waste programs, non hazardous municipal
solid waste, and industrial waste programs, recycling/minimization/reduction
programs, Superfund/State cleanup programs, and underground storage tank
and leaking underground storage tank programs.
• Illegal
Dumping Prevention Project from EPA
The Region 5
office of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has established
an Illegal Dumping Prevention Project. You may download two useful documents:
• Illegal Dumping Prevention Guidebook and
• Illegal Dumping Economic Assessment (IDEA) Model.
• Decision
Maker's Guide to Controlling Litter and Illegal Dumping
This
National Center for Environmental Decision-Making Research site offers Controlling
Litter and Illegal Dumping, a 75-page guide
that
you may download.
The guide contains information about characterizing the problem, determining objectives, identifying constraints, reviewing existing laws, examining enforcement, and considering control options.
• Global
Recycling Network (GRN)
GRN is an electronic information exchange that specializes in the trade
of recyclables reclaimed in Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) streams, as well
as the marketing of eco-friendly products.
• Keep
America Beautiful
Keep
American Beautiful, Inc. is a nonprofit organization whose network of local,
statewide, and international affiliate programs educates individuals about
litter prevention and ways to properly manage waste, including establishing
environmental courts.
• Municipal
Solid Waste from EPA
This
EPA site provides information about recycling and municipal solid waste
disposal. It includes a list of links for recycling everything from aluminum,
to plastics, and glass.
• National
Recycling Coalition (NRC)
The NRC is a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing and improving
recycling, as well as source reduction, composting and reuse, NRC provides
technical information, education, training, outreach and advocacy services
to its members in order to conserve resources and benefit the environment.
• PA
CleanWays
PA
CleanWays is a statewide nonprofit organization that tackles illegal dumping
issues. There are chapters in 20 Pennsylvania Counties. Information includes
cleanup, prevention strategies, and education.