References / Additional Resources

EPA. Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Orientation Manual – 2014. Accessed August 22, 2024.

EPA. Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Regulations. Hazardous Waste - Title 40 CFR Parts 260 through 273. Accessed August 25, 2024.

EPA. Links to Hazardous Waste Programs and U.S. State Environmental Agencies. Accessed August 26, 2024.

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Criteria for the Definition of Solid Waste and Solid and Hazardous Waste Exclusions. Accessed August 26, 2024.

Healthcare Environmental Resource Center. Pollution Prevention and Compliance Assistance Information for the Healthcare Industry. Dental Offices - Overview. Accessed September 20, 2021.

Huber M, Terézhalmy GT. Regulated Medical Waste Management. dentalcare.com. 2020 Aug 30. Accessed August 25, 2024.

Feiwell S, Occhionero RL. Hazard Communication Compliance. dentalcare.com. 2019 Feb 28. Accessed August 25, 2024.

EPA. Links to Hazardous Waste Programs and U.S. State Environmental Agencies. Accessed August 25, 2024.

EPA. Defining Hazardous Waste: Listed, Characteristic and Mixed Radiological Wastes. Accessed August 26, 2024.

EPA. Universal waste. Accessed August 26, 2024.

Environmental compliance Assistance Program. Universal Waste Resource Locator. Accessed August 26, 2024.

Healthcare Environmental Resource Center. Dental offices hazardous wastes – hazardous waste. Accessed August 26, 2024.

EPA. Mercury in dental amalgams. Accessed August 26, 2024.

EPA. Dental Effluent Guidelines Documents. Accessed August 26, 2024.

ADA.Amalgam Separators and Waste Best Management. Accessed August 26, 2024.

Healthcare Environmental Resource Center. Dental offices managing specific wastes – Dental amalgam. Accessed August 26, 2024.

Healthcare Environmental Resource Center. Dental offices managing specific wastes – x-ray wastes. Accessed August 26, 2024.

ADA Council on Scientific Affairs. Managing silver and lead waste in dental offices. JADA 134:1095-1096, 2003. Accessed August 26, 2024.

Healthcare Environmental Resource Center. Managing specific wastes – Sterilants and disinfectants. Accessed August 26, 2024.

Healthcare Environmental Resource Center. Managing specific wastes – pharmaceutical wastes. Accessed August 26, 2024.

U.S. Department of Justice. DEA. Title 21 United States Code (USC) Controlled Substance Act. Accessed August 26, 2024.

EPA. Management of Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals. Accessed August 26, 2024.

EPA. Management Standards for Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals and Amendment to the P075 Listing for Nicotine. Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 36 / Friday, February 22, 2019 / Final Rule. Accessed August 26, 2024.

EPA. Managing pharmaceutical waste - a 10-step blueprint for healthcare facilities in the United States. Accessed August 26, 2024.