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MRSC Index
A topical index to MRSC's information resources.

Browse the index by subject or search the index by keyword. This index contains summaries of sample documents and articles selected by MRSC staff.

Topic CodeTopic Title
UR 0All UR 0 Documents
UR 0.0000Periodicals
UR 0.0001Bibliographies
UR 0.0002Dictionaries, thesauri, guides
UR 0.0003Resource guides, directories, associations and organizations
UR 0.0004Forms, application forms
UR 0.0005Product catalogs, services
UR 0.0006Software applications
UR 0.0007Publications, publishers' blurbs
UR 0.0008Requests for proposals (RFP), requests for qualifications (RFQ), requests for information (RFI)
UR 0.0009General (RCW 70.95)
UR 1All UR 1 Documents
UR 1.0000Solid waste and refuse administration, departmental organization, advisory committees
UR 1.1000Solid waste and refuse service policies, general information on utility
UR 1.1100General, comprehensive solid waste and refuse regulations, ordinances
UR 1.1150Specific regulations including illegal dumping, diapers, screening trash cans, location of dumpsters
UR 1.1200Regulations governing recycling
UR 1.3000Solid waste and refuse performance measures, productivity
UR 1.5000Waste reduction programs, citizen education, brochures
UR 2All UR 2 Documents
UR 2.0000Solid waste and refuse finance
UR 2.1000Solid waste and refuse rates and charges, including methods of determining
UR 2.2000Charges for use of garbage dump, solid waste processing facility rates, refuse weighing
UR 2.3000Solid waste and refuse rate ordinances, garbage rates
UR 3All UR 3 Documents
UR 3.0000Methods of garbage collection, services
UR 3.1000Compulsory solid waste and refuse collection
UR 3.2000Contracted collection (city collects fees)
UR 3.2100Contracts, interlocal agreements and bid specifications for solid waste collection
UR 3.4000Private vs. municipal collection
UR 3.5000Solid waste and refuse franchises and licenses (annexation)
UR 3.8000Collection of recyclables, programs, curbside recycling programs
UR 3.8200Contract specifications, contracts and interlocal agreements for collection of recyclables and recycling services
UR 3.8300Ordinances providing for recycling programs
UR 3.8400Collection of yard wastes
UR 3.8500Nonresidential solid waste and refuse collection
UR 4All UR 4 Documents
UR 4.0000Collection equipment and operations including routing
UR 5All UR 5 Documents
UR 5.0000Methods of disposal and disposal facilities, interlocal contracts for use of disposal facilities
UR 5.1000Composting including home composting, sale of compost
UR 5.2000Incineration
UR 5.3000Open dump
UR 5.4000Relays and transfer stations, hauling to remote locations
UR 5.5000Sanitary landfill, including environmental monitoring
UR 5.5050Methane gas collection
UR 5.5100Leachate
UR 5.6000Grinders, shredding of garbage
UR 5.7000Recycling centers, collection areas
UR 6All UR 6 Documents
UR 6.0000Recycling and resource recovery, including general discussion, problems, methods
UR 6.2000Resource recovery, cogeneration, waste to energy
UR 6.3000Waste stream control, municipal waste flow control
UR 6.4000Recyclables
UR 6.4100Paper
UR 6.4150Plastics
UR 6.4200Metal
UR 6.4250Glass
UR 6.4300Solvents
UR 6.4350Other, including Christmas tree recycling, tires, automobiles
UR 6.4360Electronic waste, e-waste, electronics recycling, e-cycling
UR 6.5000Construction waste materials, building materials
UR 7All UR 7 Documents
UR 7.0000Solid waste planning, regional planning, regional cooperation, Comprehensive Waste Management Act (Ch. 70.95 RCW)
UR 7.1000Ordinances, intergovernmental agreements designating primary responsibility for planning and solid waste disposal under the Comprehensive Waste Manage