Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)

The US Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act (RCRA) was enacted to
protect human health and the environment
from the dangers associated with
waste management and disposal and to
encourage the conservation and recovery
of natural resources through reuse,
recycling, and waste minimization. (42
U.S.C. § 6902.) RCRA requires cradleto-
grave management of hazardous
waste by imposing requirements on
generators and transporters of hazardous
waste as well as storage, treatment, and
disposal facilities (42 U.S.C. §§ 6901-
6987.) Offenses include knowingly transporting
hazardous waste to an
unpermitted facility, transporting hazardous
waste without the required manifest,
treating, storing of disposing of hazardous
waste without a permit or in violation
of a permit, making false statements in
required documents, exporting hazardous
waste to another country without its
consent or in violation of an international
agreement. (42 U.S.C. § 6928.)

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