EPA Goes Digital: e-Manifest Board Meets to Trash Paper Waste
Published Date: 8/7/2025
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Summary
The EPA is hosting a three-day virtual meeting with the e-Manifest Advisory Board to speed up the switch from paper to electronic hazardous waste tracking. This change affects businesses and agencies handling hazardous waste, aiming to save time and money by making the process faster and easier. The meeting will help shape how the system improves and rolls out in the near future.
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Phasing Out Paper Hazardous Manifests
The EPA is pursuing a faster switch from paper manifests to the electronic e-Manifest system (meeting theme: "Accelerating the Future: Phasing out Paper Manifests to Unlock the Full Potential of e-Manifest"). If you handle hazardous waste, the stated goal is to make the process faster and easier and to save time and money for businesses and agencies.
Advisory Board Meeting to Shape e-Manifest
If your business or agency handles hazardous waste, the EPA will hold a three (3) day virtual public meeting of the e-Manifest Advisory Board to get consultation and recommendations on the e-Manifest system. The meeting’s purpose is to help shape how the electronic hazardous-waste tracking system improves and rolls out.
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