EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -The Federal Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), was adopted in 1976 to combat the problems associated with the unregulated land disposal of hazardous wastes.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) is the public law that creates the framework for the proper management of hazardous and non-hazardous solid waste. The law describes the waste management program mandated by Congress that gave EPA authority to develop the RCRA program.

Detailed explanation-3: -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.

Detailed explanation-4: -Hazardous waste means any waste, which by reason of characteristics, such as physical, chemical, biological, reactive, toxic, flammable, explosive or corrosive, causes danger to health, or environment.

Detailed explanation-5: -Hazardous Waste Management Rules are notified to ensure safe handling, generation, processing, treatment, package, storage, transportation, use reprocessing, collection, conversion, and offering for sale, destruction and disposal of Hazardous Waste.