Toxic Waste: Other Methods of Cleanup

Toxic Waste

Other Methods of Cleanup
· Waste sites have started to separate toxic materials from other garbage so it doesn’t seep into water or other places.

· Without bioremediation, there is no way to clean up toxic waste completely, so the government resorts to creating laws that enforces toxic waste storage in safe ways.

· The government creates special committees and agencies that legislate laws concerning toxic waste.

· The Environmental Protection Agency is an agency that was created to protect the environment of America. One part of this agency is the Superfund program which cleans up uncontrolled toxic waste sites.

· Within the past two years, the Superfund program has been working to clean up sites that already exist, as well as making plans for future clean up sites by assessing sites.

· In 2009, the Superfund program used $1.1 billion of government funding to address immediate threats to the environment as a result of hazardous waste.

Citation
"Superfund National Accomplishments Summary Fiscal Year 2009 | Superfund | US EPA." US Environmental Protection Agency. Web. 16 Nov. 2010. .

Timian, Susan J., and Michael D. Connolly. "Bioremediation." University of New Hampshire School of Law. Web. 16 Nov. 2010. .

"What We're Doing Today." L&C Home. Web. 16 Nov. 2010. .