what is resource conservation?
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Resource conservation means using resources carefully and giving them time to get renewed. ... The resources are distributed unequally over earth because the distribution depends on a variety of physical factors such as like terrain, climate and altitude.
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Environmental Laws and Regulations
Ravi Jain Ph.D., P.E., ... M. Diana Webb M.L.A., in Handbook of Environmental Engineering Assessment, 2012
Basic Objective
The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) of 1976 was the culmination of a long series of pieces of legislation, dating back to the passage of the Solid Waste Disposal Act of 1965, which addressed the problem of waste disposal. It began with the attempt to control solid waste disposal and eventually evolved into an expression of the national concern with the safe and proper disposal of hazardous waste. Establishing alternatives to existing methods of land disposal and to conversion of solid wastes into energy are two important needs noted by the act. RCRA incorporates the earlier Solid Waste Disposal Act and its amendments. In 1984 RCRA was amended with the Federal Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments that focused on waste minimization and phasing out land disposal methods.
RCRA gives the EPA broad authority to regulate the disposal of hazardous wastes (“cradle to grave”); encourages the development of solid waste management plans and nonhazardous waste regulatory programs by states; prohibits open dumping of wastes; regulates underground storage tanks; and provides for a national research, development, and demonstration program for improved solid waste management and resource conservation techniques.
The control of hazardous wastes requires identifying and tracking hazardous wastes as they are generated, ensuring that hazardous wastes are properly contained and transported, and regulating the storage, disposal, or treatment of hazardous wastes.
A major objective of RCRA is to protect the environment and conserve resources through the development and implementation of solid waste management plans by the states. The act recognizes the need to develop and demonstrate waste management practices that not only are environmentally sound and economically viable but also conserve resources. The act requires the EPA to undertake a number of special studies on subjects such as resource recovery from glass and plastic waste and managing the disposal of sludge and tires.
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