EPA’s New Strategy for Addressing the Retail Sector under RCRA

The regulation of hazardous waste in stores, warehouses and during reverse logistics processes in the retail sector has been fraught with difficulty for the retail industry, in large part due to competing, and inconsistent rules by state and local governments. and California. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has indicated it is looking to balance its goals of minimizing impacts to the environment, without undue regulatory burdens on an industry that does not have significant experience in the morass of RCRA requirements.

To read the entire blog post, click here