From the archive · Wednesday, 2 September 2026

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Decision-Makers' Guide to Solid Waste Management

United States Environmental Protection Agency

Frames municipal solid waste management as a hierarchy — reduction, recycling, combustion, landfilling, in that order of preference — and works through the cost and planning trade-offs a community faces in choosing among them.

Level: Entry
Access: Free
Length: —
Copy: link checked 17 Sept 2026
Filed under: Environmental Engineering

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