Waste Management Program Organization

The organizations common objective, in short, is promoting national-level solutions for hazardous waste management [18]. One recent initiative has been e-Stewards, a system for auditing and certifying recyclers and take-back programs so that conscientious consumers know which ones meet high standards [19]. 

Laulainen, N., and E. Trexler, Assessing the Relative Contribution of Biogenic and Fossil Processes to Visibility-Scattering Aerosols Found in Remote Areas Near-Term Organic Research Program, J. Air Waste Manage. Assoc., 47, 212-215 (1997). 

The effectiveness of the waste-management and environmental program can be measured by applying productivity measures internally to the organization or externally as benchmarking measures to compare performance with similar organizations. Measures include ... 

The objective of safe radioactive waste management is to protect human beings and the environment now and in the future om adverse effects of radioactive waste. Short lived low and imeimediate level waste may be disposed of in near surface repositories. At he end of its operation the repository is closed and then may enter into a institutitmal control period. Even before closure, the elements necessary to monitor and maintain the repository, to perform, if necessary, corrective actions and to understand any accidental phenomena must be gathered and recorded. Moreover the surveillance program and the organization responsible for the institutional control must be defined. 

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