Research Article
Dec 1972
Basic Data for Solid Waste Pilot Study
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Volume 98, Issue 6
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Solid waste management has been plagued by high cost, lagging technology, pollution hazards, and public dissatisfaction. The attempts to improve solid waste management practices in the United States have suffered because of the paucity of reliable and standardized technical data and the absence of a mechanism for disseminating data when available. An effective technical data system is clearly needed that would gather essential information about the operation of representative solid waste systems and develop it into meaningful data to assist engineers, planners, and other decision makers concerned with solid waste management. To satisfy this need, a study was initiated to determine the feasibility of establishing a basic data network for solid waste management on a regular, reliable, and uniform basis. A pilot network was established in three Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas. Data from this system have demonstrated the practicality of instituting a national data network for solid waste management.
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Journal of the Sanitary Engineering Division
Volume 98 • Issue 6 • December 1972
Pages: 897 - 907
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© 1972 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published in print: Dec 1972
Published online: Feb 12, 2021
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Robert M. Clark
San. Engr., Office of Program Coordination, National Environmental Research Center, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, Ohio., USA
John M. Sweeten
Agric. Engr., Agric. Engrg. Dept., Texas A and M Univ., College Station, Tex., USA
Daniel G. Greathouse
Statistician, Office of Solid Waste Management Programs, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, Ohio., USA
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