Hoping to promote pollution prevention and foster significant upgrades to the nation’s waste management practices, the EPA released a comprehensive voluntary industrial waste management guide that identifies the best management practices for a full range of non-hazardous industrial wastes. It covers more than 60,000 industrial facilities in the United States that produce and manage an estimated 7.6 billion tons of this industrial waste.

The guide encourages effective communications and pollution prevention and provides useful information on waste management topics like siting, designing, operating, monitoring, taking corrective action and closing industrial waste management units. Future efforts include seeking input on how best to implement the recommendations contained in the guide.

The guide is available on CD-ROM and in hard copy. Visit www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/industd/info.htm or call the RCRA Call Center at (800) 424-9346.