Federal Agencies
Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is an independent executive agency of the United States federal government tasked with environmental protection matters.
- Environmental Protection Agency: Home
- EPA Office of Solid Waste: The home page for EPA’s solid waste office with links to all of the office’s waste and recycling programs.
- Municipal Solid Waste Generation, Recycling and Disposal in the United States: Facts & Figures: EPA’s latest analysis of the size of the waste stream and its individual components.
Department of Transportation
The department responsible for regulating trucks, driving and federal highways.
- Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
The agency with primary responsibility for truck regulations such as hours of service, drug and alcohol, safety fitness and other programs. - Hours of Service
Federal rules concerning the length of time a commercial vehicle driver can work in a day and a week. - National Highway Transportation Safety Administration
The agency with primary responsibility for highway safety.
National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health is the United States federal agency responsible for conducting research and making recommendations for the prevention of work-related injury and illness.
Occupational Health and Safety Administration
The Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) is the agency responsible for workplace safety. The OSHA home page includes links to a wide array of valuable information about compliance assistance, ergonomics, bloodborne pathogens, etc.
- Occupational Health and Safety Administration: Home
- OSHA General Industry Regulations
- OSHA Regulations Interpretations
- Ergonomics
U.S. Congress
- Thomas
The Library of Congress’ portal site to congressional information, including legislation. - U.S. House of Representatives
The home page for the House, which offers access to all member and committee webpages. - U.S. Senate
The home page for the Senate, which offers access to all member and committee webpages.
Association Publication
Trade Publications
- Biocycle Magazine
- MSW Management
- Paper Stock Report
- Resource Recycling
- Recycling Today
- Scrap Magazine
- Solid Waste and Recycling (Canada)
- Waste360
- Waste Advantage Magazine
- Waste Business Journal
- Waste Dive
- Waste Today
Standards
American National Standards Institute
American National Standards Institute (ANSI) is the primary organization that administers and coordinates the U.S. voluntary standardization and conformity assessment system.
State Environmental Agencies
- Alabama – Alabama Department of Environmental Management
- Alaska – Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation
- Arizona – Arizona Department of Environmental Quality
- Arkansas – Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality
- California – California Environmental Protection Agency
- California – California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle)
- Colorado – Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
- Connecticut – Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection
- Delaware – Delaware Department of Natural Resources & Environmental Control
- Florida – Florida Department of Environmental Protection
- Georgia – Georgia Department of Natural Resources
- Hawaii – Hawaii Department of Health
- Idaho – Idaho Department of Environmental Quality
- Illinois – Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
- Illinois – Illinois Pollution Control Board
- Indiana – Indiana Department of Environmental Management
- Iowa – Iowa Department of Natural Resources
- Kansas – Kansas Department of Health and Environment
- Kentucky – Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection
- Louisiana – Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality
- Maine – Maine Department of Environmental Protection
- Maryland – Maryland Department of the Environment
- Massachusetts – Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs
- Michigan – Michigan Department of Environmental Quality
- Minnesota – Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
- Mississippi – Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality
- Missouri – Missouri Department of Natural Resources
- Montana – Montana Department of Environmental Quality
- Nebraska – Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality
- Nevada – Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
- New Hampshire – New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
- New Jersey – New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
- New Mexico – New Mexico Environment Department
- New York – New York Department of Environmental Conservation
- North Carolina – North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
- North Dakota – North Dakota Department of Health
- Ohio – Ohio Department of Natural Resources
- Ohio – Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
- Oklahoma – Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality
- Oregon – Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
- Pennsylvania – Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
- Rhode Island – Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
- South Carolina – South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control
- South Dakota – South Dakota Department of Environment and Natural Resources
- Tennessee – Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation
- Texas – Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
- Utah – Utah Department of Environmental Quality
- Vermont – Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation
- Virginia – Virginia Department of Environmental Quality
- Washington – Washington Department of Ecology
- West Virginia – West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection
- Wisconsin – Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
- Wyoming – Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality