Outdoor Residential Waste Burning -- Related Links

This page last reviewed July 5, 2011

California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CalFire)

• Debris Burning - Safety and Burn Permit Information
  

Other Regional Programs

• Canadian Centre for Pollution Prevention - Great Lakes Trash and Open Burning Website
• Nevada State - Backyard Burning
• New Hampshire State - Open Burning Information
• New York State - Burn Barrel Program
• Oregon State - Open Backyard Burning
• U.S. EPA - Backyard Burning Information
• Washington State - Burn Barrel Information
  

California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle)

• Information for Recycling and Waste Reduction Coordinators
• Waste Management Resources for Rural Jurisdictions
• Waste Management Grant Programs for Communities and Private Entities
• Solid Waste Disposal and Codisposal Site Cleanup Program
• California Materials Exchange Program

Technical Information

• BurnBarrel.org
• Dioxins in California
• ARB Final Report - Identification of Dioxins and Dibenzofurans as Toxic Air Contaminants, Staff Report / Executive Summary, July 24, 1986
• Dioxin Control from Medical Waste Incinerators
• U.S. EPA - "Evaluation of Emissions from the Open Burning of Household Waste in Barrels"
• Volume 1:  Technical Report (EPA/600/ R97/134a)
• Volume 2:  Appendices A-G (EPA/600/R97/134b) 
• U.S. EPA Dioxins Website
• U.S. EPA - "The Inventory of Sources of Dioxin in the United States" (EPA/600/P98/002Aa, April 1998)
• U.S. EPA - "Locating and Estimating Air Emissions from Sources of Dioxins and Furans" (EPA/454/R97/003, May 1997)
• U.S. EPA - "Estimating Exposure to Dioxin-like Compounds" (EPA/600/6-88/005Ca)
• U.S. EPA - Draft Dioxins Reassessment