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Resources - Waste Management
The Pollution Prevention Act of 1990 and the Agency's 1991 Pollution Prevention Strategy make clear that prevention is our first priority within an environmental management hierarchy that includes: 1) prevention, 2) recycling, 3) treatment, and 4) disposal or release.
Pollution prevention means "source reduction," as defined under the Pollution Prevention Act, and other practices that reduce or eliminate the creation of pollutants through:
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increased efficiency in the use of raw materials, energy, water, or other resources, or
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protection of natural resources by conservation.
The Pollution Prevention Act defines "source reduction" to mean any which:
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reduces the amount of any hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant entering any waste stream or otherwise released into the environment (including fugitive emissions) prior to recycling, treatment, or disposal; and
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reduced the hazards to public health and the environment associated with the release of such substances, pollutants, or contaminants.
Resources
Solid Waste in New England
Information and links on a range of topics including electronics,
scrap tires, environmentally preferable purchasing, New England
programs and contacts, and the resource guide Reuse in New England.
Compliance Assistance & Pollution Prevention
Hazardous Waste Management - New England University
Laboratories
XL Project
A project to develop a more effective scheme for regulating hazardous waste from
university labs, enhance laboratory safety, and illustrate systems for managing
the environmental impacts of labs. For more information:
National
Microscale Chemistry Center 
Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery (ORCR)