Solid Waste Disposal Act of 1965

Solid Waste Disposal Act
Great Seal of the United States
Enacted bythe 89th United States Congress
Codification
U.S.C. sections created42 U.S.C. § 3251 et seq.
Legislative history
Major amendments
Solid Waste Disposal Act (79 Stat. 992, Pub. L. 89–272)
1970 Amendments (84 Stat. 1227, Pub. L. 91–512)
1973 Extension (87 Stat. 11, Pub. L. 93–14)
1975 Extension (88 Stat. 1974, Pub. L. 93–611)
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

The Solid Waste Disposal Act (SWDA) is an act passed by the United States Congress in 1965.[1] The United States Environmental Protection Agency described the Act as "the first federal effort to improve waste disposal technology".[2] After the Second Industrial Revolution, expanding industrial and commercial activity across the nation, accompanied by increasing consumer demand for goods and services, led to an increase in solid waste generation by all sectors of the economy.[3] The act established a framework for states to better control solid waste disposal and set minimum safety requirements for landfills.[4] In 1976 Congress determined that the provisions of SWDA were insufficient to properly manage the nation's waste and enacted the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). Congress passed additional major amendments to SWDA in the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984 (HSWA).[3]

  1. ^ United States. Solid Waste Disposal Act. Pub. L. 89–772 Approved October 20, 1965.
  2. ^ "EPA - Solid Waste Management on Tribal Lands - The Solid Waste Disposal Act (SWDA) of 1965". United States Environmental Protection Agency. 29 January 2013. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  3. ^ a b EPA. 2001. EPA.gov. PDF. 4 December 2015. <http://www3.epa.gov/epawaste/inforesources/pubs/k02027.pdf>. —. Solid Waste Management on Tribal Lands. 14 October 2015. 4 December 2015. —. Superfund. 30 September 2015. 4 December 2015.
  4. ^ Horinko, Marianne, Cathryn Courtin. “Waste Management: A Half Century of Progress.” EPA Alumni Association. March 2016.