Hazardous Waste Volume Reduction Research in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

2008 ◽  
pp. 163-163-9
Author(s):  
JF Martin ◽  
MJ Stutsman ◽  
E Grossman
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Hazardous Waste ◽  
Environmental Protection Agency ◽  
Volume Reduction ◽  
Protection Agency ◽  
Waste Volume Reduction ◽  
The U.S

scholarly journals Hidden Externalities: The Globalization of Hazardous Waste

2019 ◽  
Vol 93 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simone M. Müller
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Hazardous Waste ◽  
Environmental Protection Agency ◽  
The United States ◽  
Global South ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Protection Agency ◽  
The U.S

This article focuses on chemical retailers Jack and Charles Colbert to, first, show the externalization processes linked to the greening of U.S. industry through stricter consumer and environmental protection regulations and, second, illustrate the limitations of nationally framed environmentalism targeting businesses in a global market. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, the Colberts traded chemicals that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency had banned for use in the United States. They exported them legally to countries where the material was still a permitted commodity—primarily in the global South. Rare interview material illustrates how the exporters justified their unequal business deals by misappropriating the meaning of recycling.

REGULATING RISK: OVERSIGHT OF MICROBIAL PRODUCTS OF BIOTECHNOLOGY UNDER THE U.S. TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACT

1999 ◽  
Vol 01 (03) ◽  
pp. 329-347 ◽  
Author(s):  
REBECCA A. EFROYMSON
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Environmental Protection Agency ◽  
Genetically Engineered ◽  
Institutional Constraints ◽  
Toxic Substances ◽  
Protection Agency ◽  
Microbial Products ◽  
Toxic Substances Control Act ◽  
Risk Oversight ◽  
The U.S

The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) is the legislation used by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to regulate releases of genetically engineered microorganisms. The rule defining the scope of the notification requirements for releases of microbial products of biotechnology was published in April 1997. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) had some latitude regarding the extent to which various categories of microorganisms would be regulated, but the agency was constrained by requirements of TSCA and an interagency agreement about how to regulate products of biotechnology. This paper investigates the extent to which the scope of oversight is based on risk. A risk-based rule is defined as one where the reporting requirements are based on potential for exposure or expected adverse effects. The evolution of the rule is described, and risk-based components are discussed. In conclusion, the scope of oversight of microbial releases is determined to be based on risk to the extent that legislation and institutional constraints permit.

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