Urban Infrastructure

A linked list of waste management laws, DEP regulations and standards, and policies and guidance for Massachusetts.

A directory to state environmental agencies across the country.

RCRA is the public law that creates the framework for the proper management of hazardous and non-hazardous solid waste.

This 2014 film looks at curbside collection, sorting, and waste incineration which in turn generates electricity (25 min).

Chapter 10 from 'Waste Management, In Climate Change 2007' discusses the greenhouse gas emissions of various waste disposal systems. Courtesy of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

This annual survey provides insights into the municipal recycling efforts of each Mass. community.

A guide to solid waste management through the coming decade, from 2020 to 2030.

Mass. regulations governing the operation of solid waste facilities.

Statistics on waste-to-energy production in the United States.

An introductory overview of the waste-to-energy process.

This non-profit organization offers guidance on creating zero-waste communities,

A useful guide on the economic realities of the recycling market from the New Jersey DEP.

How to recycle common household waste safely.

How China's rejection of American solid waste has created a crisis for recycling programs across the United States.

This organization monitors developments of e-waste over time, and to help countries to produce e-waste statistics.

This fact sheet from the U of Michigan's Center for Sustainable Systems provides statistics on the number of sanitary lanfills in the U.S., as well as information on the tonnage and types of waste committed to landfills.

Information on municipal solid waste, bioreactor, industrial non-hazardous, and hazardous waste landfills.