Nearly everything we do leaves behind some kind of waste. Households create ordinary garbage. Industrial and manufacturing processes create both solid waste and hazardous waste. EPA regulates all this waste under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). RCRA's goals are to: protect us from the hazards of waste disposal; conserve energy and natural resources by recycling and recovery; reduce or eliminate waste; and clean up waste which may have spilled, leaked, or been improperly disposed of. Hazardous waste comes in many shapes and forms.  It is up to each corporation to manage their waste through reducing, reusing, and recycling.  Programs that incorporate ideas such as Product Stewardship are front-runners in waste minimization.

Product stewardship is a product-centered approach to environmental protection. Also known as extended product responsibility (EPR), product stewardship calls on those in the product life cycle--manufacturers, retailers, users, and disposers--to share responsibility for reducing the environmental impacts of products.

RCT prides itself on establishing usable outlets for materials that were once regulated as hazardous wastes special chemical wastes or an industrial trash.  These conversions to products are beneficial for both the client and the environment. 

§        There is almost always a cost saving associated with the new product, or by-product.

§        The waste minimization potential for reporting of waste is a large plus in most situations.

§        The reduction in the filling of landfill space, incinerator capacity, or wastewater treatment technologies promotes protection of the environment.

Please complete the Beneficial Reuse Profile, or contact us, to evaluate any waste streams for potential product reuse.