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Disaster Debris Recovery Tool

EPA developed this interactive mapping tool of twelve types of recyclers and landfills to promote sustainable disaster debris management in disaster planning and emergency response. Disaster response, recovery, and planning experts can use the tool to advance the safe recovery, recycling, and disposal of disaster debris. This tool provides information and locations of over 20,000 facilities capable of managing different materials and wastes that may be found in disaster debris. The tool was created in EPA Region 5 in 2010 and has expanded to include data for all 50 states, Puerto Rico, and U.S. Virgin Islands.

  • Web map (tools & downloadable data). 
  • National data layer (feature service) for GIS.

Disaster Debris Recovery Tool Overview

Disaster Debris Recovery Tool Tutorial

Recording of a 2020 Webinar about the National Tool

Recording of a 2018 Training about the Region 5 Tool

Managing Materials and Wastes for Homeland Security Incidents

  • What is in Disaster Debris
  • Mitigating Debris Before and After a Disaster
    • Resiliency and Natural Disaster Debris Workshops
  • Pre-Incident Material and Waste Management Planning
    • An All-Hazards Planning Approach
    • Pre-Incident Planning for Waste Management Poster and Brochure
  • Planning Considerations for Materials and Wastes from Disasters
    • Planning for Natural Disaster Debris
    • Four-Step Waste Management Planning Process
  • Material and Waste Management Planning Activities
  • Management Options for Materials and Wastes from Disasters
    • All-Hazards Decision Diagram
  • Tools and Resources
    • Tools and Resources for Material and Waste Management for Disasters
    • All Hazards Waste Management Planning Tool
    • Disaster Debris Recovery Tool
  • Carcass Management During Avian Influenza Outbreaks
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Last updated on May 8, 2025
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