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Pennsylvania waste management acts are in place to overwatch the rate at which PA takes care of the toxic waste problems that we all face. Lancaster has since created LCSWMA and has been managing waste for the city. Rethink. Recover. Renew.
Rethink, Recover, Renew, managed by the Department of Environmental Protection Regional solid waste management programs are in place to deal with the worldwide waste issue that we all face. Regional programs provide technical support, the minimization and management of hazardous items and waste, and enforce regulations. To waste issue by having everyone dispose of waste at Lancaster County Solid Waste Management Authority (LCSWMA). The Department of Environmental Protection has started creating an email distribution list to periodically alert interested parties of news and announcements about waste programs. The DEP and US EPA will regulate other information pertaining to waste management.
Statewide recycling in Pennsylvania household items started in 1988 along with Waste Act 101. The act established a $2 per ton fee on all waste disposed. The Pollution Prevention Program Act was created for Pennsylvania with small business and household pollution in mind. It’s called Act 190, created in 1996. Nonprofit agencies have come together to form the food infrastructure recovery grant (FRIG) program due to these Waste Act of 301 and Act 101. This was created to capture safe and wholesome foods before they become perishable.
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The Department of Environmental Protection holds collection events and drop-off programs by the county. Some programs have registration requirements and/or nominal fees associated with disposing of some types of waste. Lancaster, PA is still ongoing currently. You can contact Michelle Mathason at 717-397-9968. This is for county residents only.
Waste programs are broken down into 5 programs
- Hazardous waste program
- Waste minimization and planning division
- Municipal waste and residual waste division
- Reporting and fee collection division
- Waste transportation safety programs
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Numerous items used in homes, dorms, hotels, restaurants, garages, and gardens are all considered household waste hazards. These hazardous items can cause serious health problems and be unsafe for most transportation for people that dump trash at their local waste management plant. 10 items per customer, per day is the amount of electronic waste allowed. As well as LCSWMA does not destroy data contained on electronic devices.
Household items Lancaster County solid waste management authority will take Items on this list:
- Adhesives
- Automotive fluids (maximum of five gallons)
- Batteries (expert car batteries)
- Fire extinguishers
- Gasoline
- Cleaning chemicals (Bathroom, Carwash, Lawn treatment, Household cleaners and pool treatment chemicals)
- Mercury items
- Paint (Rust inhibitors, sains, turpentine, thinners)
- Prescription Drugs
- Medical Waste
- Iphone case
- Cute gym water bottles
- Shoes
- Clothing
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There is no charge for those qualifying items. Large appliances are accepted and considered white goods. Ozone-damaging gasses are safely recovered, and the metal is recycled.
Some Household items that are not accepted in Lancaster County solid waste management authority are:
- Kitchen electronics (Microwaves, blenders, toaster)
- Empty paint cans
- Empty fuel tanks
- Solar panels
- Gas cylinders
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LCSWMA is recognized throughout North America as a leader in solid waste management. Lancaster county solid waste management authority operates an integrated solid waste system which is primarily serving Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The system handles 575,000 tons of waste per year.
Here is a list of a few of the companies’ numbers from 2008 to now:
- 2,200 tons per day transfer station
- A drive through household hazardous waste facility
- 36 megawatt, 1200 tons per day mass burn waste to energy facility
- 2,000 tons per day engineered landfill
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The location of Lancaster County solid waste management authority is 1299 Harrisburg pike, Lancaster, PA, 17603. Open from 7am to 4pm Monday through Friday and 8am to 12pm on Saturday.
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Food Waste Management
As you can imagine restaurants create an enormous amount of food which create waste. Restaurants like the Iron Hill, Tobias Frogg, and Yorgos Restaurant & Lounge have a large amount of food made on certain days of the week. About 85% of food isn’t used in a typical American restaurant, the rest of the food is thrown out majority of the time. The average amount of waste create by restaurants is about 100,000 pounds each year. Most food that is not used will end up going to a landfill or a waste management company like Lancaster County Solid Waste Management Authority.
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Solid waste management Trends
Trends in solid waste management are worldwide. The world generates about 2.01 billion tons of different types of waste. With 33 percent of it not being managed in an environmentally safe manner. Looking forward global waste is expected to grow to 3.40 billion tonnes by 2050, that’s more than doubling the population growth over the same period. There is an overall correlation between generation and income levels of humans. High income earning homes and countries generate and mange less food and green waste. It’s a frequent misconception that technology is the simple solution to waste management. In most areas of the world Landfills are how waste managed.
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January 3, 2010 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Doug Benc)
Harm Huizenga – The Origins Of Waste Management
Harm Wayne Huizenga now deceased with a net worth of over 2.8 billion. Wayne Huizenga Is well known in several industries but is most well known in the waste management industries. At just the age of 25 in Chicago for a small fee. Huizenga started his waste management and within just 5 years had created over 100 waste companies. H. Wayne Huizenga then turns his small companies into the company known today as waste management in 1982. He also created waste disposal firm republic services. Huizenga prime goal for his business was born out of a desire to serve his own community.
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Richard Nixon the 37th president of the United States. The man who formed the origin of environmental protection agency. Waste management main goal is the same as environmental protection agency goal. Which is to leave the world in a better place than when they found it. After Rachel Carson had published her attack on the indiscriminate many people had their doubts about how the world would handle their waste and pollution of the world. The EPA Is charged under the section 309 of clean air act that revies the environment impact statements.