EPA - RCRA Regulations Overview
Gateway to 40 CFR Parts 260-273, covering hazardous waste identification, manifesting, storage, and disposal standards.
Access resourceWaste Disposal Resource Hub
Use this page to pull the statutes, treaty obligations, nuclear rules, and global data books you need before sitting down with regulators or community boards.
Everything from oily rags to spent fuel rods lives somewhere in this stack, and every link is from a source practitioners actually cite.
Hazardous Waste Legal Backbone
Gateway to 40 CFR Parts 260-273, covering hazardous waste identification, manifesting, storage, and disposal standards.
Access resourceEPA's plain-language explainer for very small, small, and large quantity generators operating under Part 262.
Access resourceDownloadable handbook with container, labeling, storage, and manifest tips that map directly to RCRA enforcement expectations.
Access resourceeCFR reference for collection centers, transporters, burners, and marketers handling used oil streams.
Access resourceState-level overlay showing how California layers toxicity, corrosivity, and state-only wastes on top of federal rules.
Access resourcePrimer on the emergency authority that drives cleanups at uncontrolled or abandoned hazardous waste sites.
Access resourceOfficial synopsis of 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq., including liability, trust fund mechanics, and response authorities.
Access resourceOperational hub for NPL listings, Records of Decision, enforcement actions, and community involvement tools.
Access resourceTransboundary & Circular Economy Rules
Authoritative PDF of the global agreement governing transboundary movements and environmentally sound management of hazardous waste.
Access resourceUNEP summary of Basel obligations, prior informed consent rules, and compliance mechanisms.
Access resourceRatification status and entry-into-force details for each party implementing Basel controls.
Access resourceSets the European waste hierarchy, recovery definitions, and extended producer responsibility foundations for all member states.
Access resourceRadioactive Waste Standards
Core NRC rule establishing dose limits, monitoring, and ALARA expectations across all licensed activities.
Access resourceStaff guidance consolidating interpretations and implementation practices for radiation protection programs.
Access resourceLicensing criteria, performance objectives, and classification system for near-surface disposal of low-level waste.
Access resourceRules for ISFSIs covering dry cask design, licensing, and aging management for spent fuel, HLW, and GTCC waste.
Access resourcePublic-facing overview of how independent spent fuel storage installations are licensed and monitored.
Access resourceEPA iwaste portal summarizing NRC and EPA rules for radioactive materials, including Parts 60, 61, 63, and 72.
Access resourceSpecific safety requirements that apply to near-surface and deep geological disposal programs worldwide.
Access resourceDetailed safety standard describing barrier systems, safety assessments, and post-closure performance expectations.
Access resourceLatest country report covering commercial, DOE, and defense waste streams plus regulatory program status.
Access resourceGlobal Waste System Outlooks
Projects municipal solid waste rising to 3.8 billion tonnes by 2050 and pegs true management costs up to USD 640B annually without reforms.
Access resourceData-rich portal covering generation, collection, treatment, and disposal metrics for cities and countries through 2050.
Access resourceFinds the 2020 goal of minimizing adverse impacts of chemicals and waste was missed and details policy gaps across the supply chain.
Access resourceSustainability 2023 scoping review cataloging recycling, composting, anaerobic digestion, and WtE adoption across waste streams.
Access resourceSurvey of mechanical, thermal, biological, and chemical options plus how zero-waste policy pushes technology uptake.
Access resourceRadioactive Waste Programs & Technical Guides
Foundational technical series covering barrier systems, radionuclide transport, and geosphere interactions.
Access resourcePractical guidance on siting, design, and safety assessment for repositories in a stepwise program.
Access resourceReview of repository concepts, safety cases, and program progress across NEA member states over the past decade.
Access resourceFocuses on governance, trust, and community engagement models that keep disposal programs legitimate.
Access resourceClassic NRC study arguing for deep geologic disposal while dissecting institutional and societal blockers.
Access resource2020 assessment of DOE's plan to dilute and dispose surplus plutonium in the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant.
Access resourceHigh-level reference spanning LLW, ILW, HLW, reprocessing, and repository examples worldwide.
Access resourceAcademic Reviews - Solid & Hazardous Waste
Tracks waste generation through collection, recycling, treatment, and disposal while emphasizing integrated policy + technology systems.
Access resourceHighlights monitoring tools, energy recovery, and decision frameworks for city-scale municipal waste programs.
Access resourceMaps landfill alternatives across waste streams and maturity levels, from composting to waste-to-energy.
Access resourceDiscusses thermal, biological, chemical, and mechanical treatments plus regulatory drivers for zero-waste strategies.
Access resourceSystematic review of AI applications for forecasting, optimization, and anomaly detection in municipal waste systems.
Access resourceAcademic Reviews - Nuclear & Radioactive Waste
Bibliometric and technical comparison of national strategies, from interim storage to repository development.
Access resourceJournal of Hazardous Materials Advances review on waste minimization, immobilization, and emerging technologies.
Access resourceReviews thermo-hydro-mechanical-chemical processes and uncertainty considerations for deep repositories.
Access resourceAnnual overview of research on safety assessments, decommissioning, transportation, and policy developments.
Access resourceFrontiers mini-review outlining barrier performance, radionuclide transport, and monitoring gaps for giga-scale projects.
Access resourceSummarizes vitrification, partitioning and transmutation, pyro-processing, and repository interfaces for partially used fuel.
Access resourceLife-cycle assessment framing for processing, transport, and disposal decisions, including decommissioning waste streams.
Access resourceWhy This Matters
Waste law is a layered cake: RCRA and CERCLA handle hazardous waste on U.S. soil while Basel and the EU waste hierarchy prevent exporting the problem.
Nuclear waste introduces a parallel universe of NRC, EPA, and IAEA rules that demand dose tracking, engineered barriers, and Joint Convention reporting.
Planning teams need the global data sets (GWMO, What a Waste) to quantify tonnage, financing gaps, and technology penetration before pitching solutions.
Academic reviews are finally stitching policy, monitoring, AI, and deep-geologic science together, which is exactly what multi-sector deployments require.
Bring your waste inventories, permitting questions, or community engagement plans to info@envitrace.com and we will help map regulatory pathways, monitoring plans, and decision support inside EnviTrace waste projects.