"Every year, communities in the United States are affected by disasters such as hurricanes,
earthquakes, tornadoes, volcanoes, floods, wildfires, and winter storms. After a disaster, when a
region turns its attention to rebuilding, one of the greatest challenges often involves properly
managing disaster-related debris.
Disaster debris typically includes soils and sediments, vegetation (trees, limbs, shrubs), municipal
solid waste (common household garbage, personal belongings), construction and demolition
debris (in some instances, entire residential structures and all their contents), vehicles, food waste,
“white goods” (refrigerators, freezers, air conditioners), and household hazardous waste(cleaning
agents, pesticides, pool chemicals). Each type of waste may contain or be contaminated with
toxic or hazardous constituents.
In the short term, debris removal is necessary to facilitate the recovery of a geographic area. In
the long term, the methods by which these wastes are managed requires proper consideration to
ensure that their management (e.g., by landfilling) will not pose future threats to human health or
the environment..."
Disaster and debris management
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