Hazardous Waste Siting and Democratic Choice
Hazardous Waste Siting and Democratic Choice

Author: Don Munton

Publisher: Georgetown University Press

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 426

ISBN-13: 9780878406258

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This volume analyzes the politics of hazardous waste siting and explores promising new strategies for siting facilities. Existing approaches to waste siting facilities have almost entirely failed, across all industrialized countries, largely because of community or NIMBY (Not in My Backyard) opposition. This volume examines a new strategy, voluntary choice siting--a process requiring mutual decisions negotiated between facility developers and the host communities. This bottom-up approach preserves democratic rights, recognizes the importance of public perceptions, and addresses issues of equity. In this collection, an interdisciplinary group of experts probes recent examples of waste facilities siting in the United States, Canada, Germany, and Japan. Both the successes and the failures presented offer practical insights into the siting process. The book includes an introductory review of the literature on facility siting and the NIMBY phenomenon as well as instructive essays on the use of voluntary processes in facilities siting. This book will be of value to policymakers, industry, and environmental groups, as well as to those working in environmental studies and engineering, political science, public health, geography, planning, and business economics.

Proceedings of the California Household Hazardous Waste Management Conference
Proceedings of the California Household Hazardous Waste Management Conference

Author: DIANE Publishing Company

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 480

ISBN-13: 0788137506

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Contents: keynote speaker: Dana Duxbury, The Waste Watch Center; how to's: starting a program; money in, money out: costs & funding Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) programs; panel: perspectives on product stewardship: roles & credibility; oil wrestling: managing used oil grants; disaster planning & HHW collection programs; managing a temporary collection program; recycling & reuse; permanent facilities; health & safety: what is adequate? latex paint recycling; managing conditionally exempt small quantity generator wastes; poison control center & pesticide exposure.

Hazardous Waste Planning
Hazardous Waste Planning

Author: J. Andy Soesilo

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 1995-04-07

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 9780873714976

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This new book describes the management of hazardous waste programs in the private and public sectors from the planning perspective. Hazardous Waste Planning covers a wide variety of planning components as well as the types of hazardous waste planning. It systematically compiles various sources of documentation in the field of hazardous waste management and planning and blends them into an integrated planning text. The twelve chapters in the book are divided into five main topical sections. The introduction presents problems and issues confronting individuals in the hazardous waste management and planning profession. Most importantly, it provides approaches to address these problems. The fundamental of hazardous waste planning are reviewed along with the scope of hazardous waste planning. Legal aspects are presented, such as statutory and regulatory frameworks, rule development, and state authorization. Data requirements and management are detailed, and a system approach to data analysis is offered. The book provides numerous types of hazardous waste planning methods and programs, allowing readers to choose the one that best suits their objectives. A comprehensive discussion is included regarding site correction and remediation planning. The book details important response procedures for on-site and community emergencies. The book addresses citizen participation planning, offering details for strategizing community relations and developing a public participation plan. The text concludes with a look at hazardous waste planning trends and aspects of local government management of hazardous waste.