This New York State Department of Environmental Conservation webpage provides information on whether permits, registrations, or licenses are needed for the disposal or management of various types of waste. If…
Medical & Infectious Waste
Common Business Waste Disposal
This guidance highlights best management practices for business waste. Topics listed include universal waste, spent solvents, sumps, electronics, pharmaceuticals.
Residential Waste Disposal
This guidance highlights best management practices for household waste. Topics listed include hazardous waste, electronics, mercury spills, pharmaceuticals, and used oil.
North Carolina Recycling Markets Directory
The North Carolina Recycling Markets Directory connects businesses looking to recycle materials they generate with companies who can process those materials. Search the directory by material using the drop-down menus…
Medical Sharps Collection Program
Wisconsin’s sharps collection program is simple, flexible and voluntary and includes a variety of collection programs, from individual stations to large networks of stations. To protect waste handlers, the public…
Infectious Waste Regulations Resources
Wisconsin created a webpage with information and resources for infectious waste basics, legal requirements for disposal, COVID-19 healthcare waste, and COVID-19 vaccine waste.
Management of COVID-19 Contaminated Wastes Guidance
The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality developed guidance on how COVID-19 waste should be managed, as well as information on types of regulated medical waste in the state.
COVID-19 Waste Disposal Guidance
Relevant to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality’s (TCEQ) responsibilities associated with the State’s Biological Hazards Annex, the agency prepared regulatory guidance regarding the transportation, treatment and disposal of COVID-19…
Managing COVID-19 Solid Waste Fact Sheet
COVID-19 raised questions about the disposal of material that may be exposed to the disease. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommends routine procedures for managing coronavirus solid wastes. This…