This module explains the statutory and regulatory definitions of solid waste, including the standards governing the recycling and management of specific types of waste. It explains and cites the regulatory and satutory definitions of solid waste; cites the table in section 261.2 and the preamble to the January 4, 1985, Federal Register (50 FR 614); lists and cites three use/reuse scenarios where the materials are not solid wastes and state the requirement for documentation; lists the conditions under which hazardous waste-derived products may be exclused from regulation; discusses the special recycling standards for use constituting disposal, precious metal recovery, and spent lead-acid batteries; and discusses potential regulatory developments affecting the definition of solid waste and hazardous waste recycling.

Cover title. "February 2000." "Updated October 1999"--Beneath title. "PB2000-101 886." "EPA530-R-99-046."

"This module explains the statutory and regulatory definitions of solid waste, including the standards governing the recycling and management of specific types of waste .... Explain[s] the definition of solid waste in 40 CFR Section 261.2, as well as its relationship to the definition of hazardous waste in Section 261.3" as well as "regulations governing the recycling of hazardous wastes, found in Section 261.6 and Parts 266, 273, and 279."--Introduction.