Through a discussion of the upcoming Characterization Report, participants in this webinar from the EPA Sustainable Materials Management Web Acedemy Webinar Series will hear about the newly expanded and improved measurement efforts by the EPA to facilitate the move toward more sustainable materials management (SMM). Previously called the MSW Characterization Report, this report provides national solid waste, recycling, generation, and disposal numbers. The new report now includes data on construction and demolition generation and more information on source reduction and economic analysis.