Abstract |
This white paper was prepared for 'Challenges and Opportunities: Managing Hazardous Waste in the Pacific Northwest,' a hazardous waste management symposium. It discusses the elements of a comprehensive waste management system and the response of Federal and state government, industry, and the public in order to identify any information, research, or policy gaps which may exist at the local, state, Federal, or private level that are inhibiting the development of an acceptable comprehensive waste reduction and management system for the Pacific Northwest Region consisting of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Alaska. The purpose of this paper is to facilitate considerations by private and pubic policy-makers to assure that such a system is indeed available and utilized in the Pacific Northwest. |