Legal Principle For Handling Waste In Texas
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Waste avoidance, re-use, recycling, recovery, removal – waste management works along these principles.
Summary of Knowledge and Skills Proper waste disposal and management can be done by applying the 3R – Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. Reducing means lessening the amount of trash/garbage produced. Reusing refers to using materials more than once while recycling means creating new material or product out of trash/garbage.
There are three steps necessary to properly manage waste: Identify Wastes. Evaluate Waste. Manage Wastes.
Below are the seven effective methods of solid waste disposal and management: Preventing or Reducing Waste Generation. Recycling. Incineration. Composting. Sanitary Landfill. Disposal in Ocean/Sea. Plasma Gasification.
RCRA establishes the framework for a national system of solid waste control. Subtitle D of the Act is dedicated to non-hazardous solid waste requirements, and Subtitle C focuses on hazardous solid waste. Solid waste includes solids, liquids and gases and must be discarded to be considered waste.
In Texas, disposal of regulated waste is controlled by the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ). Local regulations of the City of El Paso, also apply.
Segregate wastes by type and label and date wastes. Do not mix wastes; this can cause chemical reactions, make recycling impossible, and complicate disposal. Ensure that only appropriate solid wastes are added to solid waste containers.
Enforcement in Texas Air, Hazardous Waste and Water Enforcement Programs and issues in the State are the responsibility of Texas Commission on Environmental Quality .
The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) gives EPA the authority to control hazardous waste from cradle to grave. This includes the generation, transportation, treatment, storage, and disposal of hazardous waste. RCRA also set forth a framework for the management of non-hazardous solid wastes.
