{B3A3EB45-39D5-4BFC-B852-DD05F38D31E9} en-US utf8 nonGeographicDataset Elizabeth Resek U.S. EPA Office of Land and Emergency Management (OLEM) - Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery (ORCR) resek.elizabeth@epa.gov author 2025-05-23 ISO 19115 Geographic information - Metadata ISO 19115:2003(E) RCRA Sustainable Materials Management Information 2014 publication 2014 revision Elizabeth Resek U.S. EPA Office of Land and Emergency Management (OLEM) - Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery (ORCR) resek.elizabeth@epa.gov originator This asset includes a broad variety of documents, descriptive data, technical analyses and guidance materials relative to voluntary improvements in resource conservation, the beneficial use of sustainable materials and the management of non-hazardous wastes and materials. Included in this asset are participant information and outreach materials of various voluntary programs relating to better materials and waste management programs. An example is the WasteWise program and Sustainable Materials Management (SMM) Challenges, which help organizations and businesses apply sustainable materials management practices to reduce municipal and select industrial wastes. Also included in this asset are guidance materials to assist municipalities in recycling and reuse of municipal solid waste, including diverting materials to composting, and the use of conversion methods such as anaerobic digestion. Another component are the data necessary to compile reports on the characterization of municipal solid waste (including such waste streams as food waste, yard and wood waste, discarded electronics, and household non-hazardous waste), the recycled content of manufactured goods, and other analyses performed using such tools as the Waste Assessment Reduction Model (WARM). For industrial non-hazardous waste, this asset includes guidance and outreach materials on industrial materials recycling and waste minimization. Finally, this asset includes research analyses on sustainable materials management conducted in collaboration with the EPA Office of Research Development, including results of the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) input-output model. Elizabeth Resek U.S. EPA Office of Land and Emergency Management (OLEM) - Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery (ORCR) resek.elizabeth@epa.gov owner asNeeded sustainable materials managementSMMrecyclingreusediversionbeneficial uselife cycle assessmentanaerobic digestionmaterials conversionwaste minimizationcompostingmunicipal solid wasteWasteWiseSMM Challengesvoluntary programsindustrial materials recyclingnon-hazardous wasteelectronicsfood waste Environment theme User Environment theme EPA GIS Keyword Thesaurus United States place None Please check sources, scale, accuracy, currentness and other available information. Please confirm that you are using the most recent copy of both data and metadata. Acknowledgement of the EPA would be appreciated. otherRestrictions otherRestrictions https://edg.epa.gov/EPA_Data_License.html public unclassified All information in this data asset relate to voluntary measures to improve materials and waste management and are therefore fully open and publicly available. FIPS Pub 199 Standard Technical Controls en-US environment This material is not spatial in nature but any incidental maps or locations mentioned would include the entire United States, including Puerto Rico and Territories. -180 -66 18 72 Elizabeth Resek U.S. EPA Office of Land and Emergency Management (OLEM) - Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery (ORCR) resek.elizabeth@epa.gov distributor https://www.epa.gov/smm Agency Program URL Alternative landing page used to redirect user to a contextual, Agency-hosted "homepage" for the Dataset or API when selecting this resource from the Data.gov user interface. browsing 1 Lineage provided in documentation.