The involvement of politics in upcycling is correlated to what can and can not be put into the landfills around the world. This connects to upcycling because many people start upcycling due to them having items that can not be discarded into the landfills. One of the political aspects that has effected upcyling would be the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) which provides general guide lines of what can and can not be put into landfills around the United States. This act was created by the United States Congress and includes a Congressional mandate stating that the EPA has to develop a understandable set of regulations to implement this law. The RCRA subtitle C, otherwise known as the Hazardous Waste Management, established the "cradle to grave" system. This system controls how hazardous substances, from the time created to the time of the ultimate disposal, should be handled. The EPA is in control of regularly enforcing the Hazardous Waste Management in every state. Hazardous waste is waste with potentials to harm human health and the environment. These hazardous waste materials can be classified into two categories; Listed waste and Characteristic waste. List waste includes F-list (non-specific source wastes), K-list (specific source wastes), and P-lists and U-lists (discarded commercial chemical products). The Characteristic waste includes Ignatability, Corrosive, Reactivaty, and Toxicity. See chart below for more regulations, click to go to the EPA website.