Title: Unit 10 Glossary
Course: SUST 1013 Introduction to Sustainable Resource Management > Section: SUST 1013 Introduction to Sustainable Resource Management

Unit 10 Glossary

Terms

Term | Definitions
Community/Non-Profit Sector | Those formal and informal organizations established to address specific areas of human need, environmental quality, community betterment, health, and education. Revenues are historically derived f ...
Environmental Protection Agency/Act | The State of Illinois agency charged with the implementation and enforcement of the Environmental Protection Act. Established in 1970 with the passage of the Illinois Environmental Protection Act, ...
National Environmental Protection Act/USEPA | Signed into law in 1969, the NEPA represented a significant policy decision at the Federal level to make protection of air, waterways, and land a governmental responsibility. In 1970, the United S ...
Private Sector | The sector of the economy comprised of for- profit enterprises including manufacturing, commerce, services, and financial services.
Public Sector | The governmental sector comprised of Federal, State. and local units of government with revenues derived from taxation, fees for services, and income derived from the enforcement of law and regula ...
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act/Subtitle D | This subtitle of the RCRA places responsibility for the management of non-hazardous household, commercial, and industrial solid waste at the state and local levels. The RCRA/Subtitle D represented ...
Solid Waste Management Act | Signed into law in 1986, the Act is one two pieces of legislation governing solid waste policy and practice. The Act applies a hierarchy to solid waste management that includes waste volume reduct ...
Solid Waste Planning and Recovery Act | Adopted in 1988, the Act set waste reduction goals for State of Illinois agencies, and for local units of government. Under the Act’s provisions, each county is to have a solid waste planning an ...