ABSTRACT
Routine management of hazardous waste in accordance with Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) requirements has earned a reputation among certain industries as being a costly, cumbersome, and time-consuming ball-and-chain. In response to the requests of generators to ease regulatory burdens on businesses, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) formulated the Universal Waste Rule (40 CFR part 273), rst published in the May 1995 Federal Register. The primary purpose of the rule is to promote appropriate recycling and disposal of several potentially hazardous wastes generated in large quantities by businesses regulated under RCRA.
