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The Solid Waste Management Toolkit for Developing Countries - Videos

Videos highlights topics included in the Best Practices for Solid Waste Management: A Guide for Decision-Makers in Developing Countries.

Webinar: Best Practices for Solid Waste Management: A Guide for Decision-Makers in Developing Countries

PA will provide an overview of the guide, including where to find the guide, how to use the guide, and an overview of content and best practices. The webinar will then feature two speakers sharing real-world examples of solid waste management best practice

Processing End-of-Life Vehicles: A Guide for Environmental Protection, Safety and Profit in the United States-Mexico Border Area

The End-of-Life Vehicle Guide and supplemental materials were created to help operators of vehicle dismantling and scrapping facilities understand and practice environmentally sound management of vehicles that have reached the end of their useful lives.

PRIA 5 Process Assessment Report

PRIA 5 called for a third-party process assessment to evaluate and improve OPP’s operational performance

PRIA 5 Gaps Analysis Report

Gaps analysis for PRIA 5

Studies, Summary Tables, and Data Related to the Advancing Sustainable Materials Management Report

This webpage provides further information about how EPA measures data for the annual Advancing Materials Management Report. Researchers can use the tables and studies to better understand how waste in managed in America

Rethinking Plastic Packaging - How Can Innovation Help Solve the Plastic Waste Crisis?

Article about some of the alternatives to plastic packaging

Don't Let Your Masks and Gloves Become Pollution

Infographic that provides tips for how to keep masks and gloves out of waterways

Aquatic Trash Prevention Information and Resources for Stormwater and Solid Waste Practitioners

Resources inventory for addressing the problem of aquatic trash through stormwater and solid waste management

Best Management Practices & Tools

The National Great Practice Compendium highlights outstanding activities, technologies, and programs that prevent trash from entering the aquatic environment and/or that reduce the overall volume of trash that is generated.

EPA Opens Public Comment Period on Final TSCA Risk Management Rule for Carbon Tetrachloride

EPA is opening a 30-day public comment period on its 2024 final risk management rule for carbon tetrachloride under the Toxic Substances Control Act.

EPA Releases New Interactive Maps of Data Used in Endangered Species Act Assessments

The Environmental Protection Agency has released new maps for endangered species assessments.

EPA Releases Neonicotinoid Assessments for Public Comment

Release of preliminary ecological and human health risk assessments for the neonicotinoid insecticides clothianidin, thiamethoxam, and dinotefuran, and a preliminary ecological risk assessment for imidacloprid, assessing risks to birds,mammals, non-target

Storing Pesticides Safely

Safely storing pesticides is important to protect people, pets, and the environment. Learn about where to store pesticides and how to store them safely.

EPA Holds Online Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee Meeting in October

EPA will hold an online public meeting of the Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee (PPDC)

Prospective Ad Hoc Participants and Preparatory Virtual Meeting for the December 4-7, 2018 FIFRA SAP Meeting

Notice to Certain Pesticides Data Submitters on Disclosure of Documents in Support of Litigation

EPA is notifying affected businesses that EPA is disclosing documents regarding the pesticides dicamba, 2,4-D, and glyphosate to the court and the parties as part of the Administrative Record in the matter of National Family Farm Coalition, et al. v. U.S.

Join Our Pest Patrol: A Backyard Activity Book for Kids on Integrated Pest Management

Educate children in grades 1–6 about pest identity, biology, and ecology and help children understand the impact of whether or not to use chemicals to control pests can have on our environment.

EPA Publishes New Webpage to Answer Frequently Asked Questions on the EPA/FDA Whitepaper on Modernizing Oversight of Products for Animals Regulated as Pesticides or New Animal Drugs

The EPA is seeking public comment on the National Marine Fisheries Service’s opinion for the insecticides carbaryl and methomyl.

EPA Decreases Annual Pesticide Registration Maintenance Fees

Notification informing pesticide registrants of a decrease in the annual pesticide registration maintenance fee. The fee for 2022 is $3,660 per product, an 8.5% decrease from the previous year.