Abstract
Ask the Environmental Protection Agency to list its hazardous waste priorities and it probably will mention preventing facility contamination, clarifying regulations, and minimizing waste. Ask Seymour I. Schwartz and Wendy B. Pratt what EPA's priority should be and they'll point to small-quantity generators (SQGs), those who generate less than 1000 kg of hazardous waste per month. Their recent book, Waste from Small Quantity Generators: Strategies and Solutions for Business and Government, argues that illegal disposal is rampant among SQGs and—when considering an estimated 1 million sources—adds up to a serious threat to human health and the environment, particularly because much of it occurs in urban areas. Yet, small-quantity generators are hardly mentioned in EPA's July 1990 Resource Conservation & Recovery Act (RCRA) implementation study, The Nation's Hazardous Waste Management Program at the Crossroads. Who's right? Schwartz, who teaches environmental policy analysis at the University...
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