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Document Record Detail
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| Title: | TOXIC WASTE CONTAMINANTS IN FERTILIZERS AND LABELING FOR FERTILIZER PRODUCTS |
| RCRA Online Number: | 14747 |
| Date: | 06/24/2005 |
| To: | Kausen |
| From: | Hale |
| Organization of Recipient: | NA |
| Description: | Few fertilizers are made from recycled hazardous wastes. Most of these are made from a variety of zinc-bearing industrial wastes. Fertilizer manufacturers must use a series of processing steps to remove contaminants (lead, cadmium, arsenic, chromium, mercury, dioxins, etc.) in order to meet EPA standards. Adding hazardous wastes to fertilizers as a way of disposing of them is illegal; EPA has not revealed any evidence that such "sham" recycling is a widespread practice. State agriculture agencies typically have regulatory authority over fertilizer contents, including labeling on fertilizer packaging. |
| Regulatory Citation(s) : | NA  |
| Statutory Citation(s): | NA Read US Code 42, Chapter 82 |
| Topic(s): | Recycling |
| Approximate Number of Hardcopy Pages: | 2 |
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| EPA Publication Number: | NA |
| RPPC Number (if applicable): | NA |
| Official OSW Policy: | No |
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