The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Office of Research and Development (ORD), joining with the Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response (OSWER), has initiated the Superfund Innovative Technology Evaluation (SITE) program. The SITE program will help EPA find, test, and encourage the use of new ways to destroy, stabilize, or otherwise treat hazardous wastes, rather than just burying them in the ground. The overall goal of the SITE program is to maximize the use of alternatives to land disposal and containment at Superfund sites. To accomplish this goal, the program will provide reliable cost and performance information on technologies that offer an alternative to land disposal. This information will be generated by conducting pilot-scale or full-scale demonstrations of alternative technologies at Superfund sites. The SITE program is discussed and the first 11 systems to be demonstrated are described.