# Revisions to the Definition of Solid Waste
> **Rule** · Final rule. · Published 2008-10-30 · Effective 2008-12-29 · 73 FR 64668
## Document
- **Document number:** E8-24399
- **Category:** hazardous-waste
- **Federal Register citation:** 73 FR 64668
- **CFR reference:** 40 CFR 260
- **Publication date:** 2008-10-30
- **Effective date:** 2008-12-29
- **EPA docket:** EPA-HQ-RCRA-2002-0031
## Abstract

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is publishing a final rule that revises the definition of solid waste to exclude certain hazardous secondary materials from regulation under Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). The purpose of this final rule is to encourage safe, environmentally sound recycling and resource conservation and to respond to several court decisions concerning the definition of solid waste.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2008/10/30/E8-24399/revisions-to-the-definition-of-solid-waste)
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