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Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) in MSW, 72, 152 RDF, see Refuse-derived fuel
Polymers in plastics manufacture, 152 Reactive and ignitable wastes, 464
Post-closure of a sanitary landfill, 341 Reactivity characteristic, 379
Post-trial burn, 484 Receiving area, 172
Potassium hydroxide, 508 Recovery of product in output stream, 180
Potentially Infectious Waste, 581 Recycling solid wastes, 127
Potentially toxic chemicals during composting, 235 Recycling, 17, 44
Pozzolanic materials, 517 Reduction of C & D debris, 617
Predicting gas production during MSW Refuse-derived fuel, 275
decomposition, 313 Regional variability affecting waste sampling, 67
Pre-processing area of a composting site, 237 Regulated medical waste, 581
Pre-processing of compost feedstock, 217 Regulatory requirements for hazardous waste
Pre-trial burn, 484 incineration, 479
Primary air supply, 489 Releases from solid waste management units, 469
Primary and subsidiary labels for hazardous Requirements for LQGs and SQGs, 399
materials, 438 Requirements for CESQGs, 413
Principal organic hazardous constituent, 480 Re-refining of used oil, 569
Process engineered fuel, 281 Residential collection programs for electronics
Processing area of a composting facility, 237 waste, 633
Processing of MSW, 169 Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, i, 48, 477
Processing of used oil, 570 Resource Recovery Act, 48
Product stewardship and electronics, 640 Resource recovery in mass burn incineration, 254
Products of incomplete combustion from hazardous Resource recovery, 128
waste combustion, 497 Restrictions on liquids in landfills, 326
Properties of RDF ash, 281 Re-treaded tires, 161
Properties of RDF, 276 Reuse, 44, 128
Proteins in MSW, 90 Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899, 47
Protozoa and composting, 216 Role of microorganisms in composting, 214
Proximate analysis of MSW, 82 Rotary kiln incinerator for medical waste, 593
Public access at sanitary landfill, 324 Rotary kiln incinerator, 490
Public Utility Regulation and Policy Act of 1978, 54 Rotary shear, 194
Public versus private MSW collection, 106 Route development, 115
Pulsed air classifier, 202 Routing patterns for collection, 115
Purity of materials, 131 Rubber and leather in MSW, 72
Purity of product from waste separation, 180 Runoff during composting, 232
Push pit compaction stations, 122
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Safety issues related to size reduction, 194
Quicklime, 507 Sampling protocols for MSW, 63
Sanitary Food Transportation Act, 54
R Sanitary landfill, 42, 289
Satellite accumulation points, 413
Radioactive waste, 10, 583 Scales, 178
Rag pickers, 31 Screening, 181
Rail shipments, 428 Seaming methods for landfill liners, 304
RCRA amendments, 51 Seasonal variability affecting waste sampling, 66
RCRA and electronics wastes, 628 Second anaerobic phase of MSW decomposition,
RCRA and public involvement, 59 312
RCRA hazardous waste and medical waste, 582 Secondary air supply, 489
RCRA permit, 484 Secure landfill, 522
RCRA Subtitle C, 373, 375 Security at TSD facilities, 463
RCRA subtitles, 373 Segregation of hazardous materials, 446
RCRA, see Resource Conservation and Recovery Segregation table for hazardous materials, 448
Act Semi-chemical pulping of paper, 132