Env Policy Cause and Effect

The Solid Waste Disposal Act was passed in 1965 to better handle the country's waste. The reasons for the passage of this bill were based on new technologies, which increased the types of waste present, as well as metropolitan population growth that caused more waste to be present, which presented health and sanitation issues as well as economical and logistical issues. There have been amendments since the initial bill, however this set the groundwork for more efficient ways to deal with waste management than those that existed in the 60s.