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 Across
the country, many communities, businesses, and individuals have found
creative ways to reduce and better manage MSW through a coordinated mix
of practices that includes source reduction, recycling (including composting),
and disposal. The most environmentally sound management of MSW is achieved
when these approaches are implemented according to EPA's preferred order:
source reduction first, recycling and composting second, and disposal
in landfills or waste combustors last. This Web site contains a wealth
of information on MSW, including the following:
- Basic Facts provides an overview of MSW management
and describes key facts about the U.S. MSW stream.
- Frequently Asked Questions contains answers
to questions the general public often asks about recycling and solid
waste management programs.
- Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle includes information
on MSW source reduction, recycling, and composting and provides information
on household hazardous waste.
- MSW Commodities overviews information on recycling
activities associated with a variety of materials recovered for recycling
in the United States.
- MSW Disposal covers MSW combustion and
landfilling.
- MSW Programs provides links to the Web
sites of major EPA MSW programs including Jobs Through Recycling, WasteWise,
and Pay-As-You-Throw.
- MSW State Data provides links to state, tribal,
and community-based information supplied by those sources and by EPA
programs.
- MSW Topics includes information on over 40
subjects related to MSW management, such as buy recycled, lifecycle
analysis, pollution prevention, and used oil.
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