The Virginia Solid Waste Commission was created by statute(§§ 9-144 and 9-145 of the Code of Virginia) in 1973 in the passage of Senate Bill No. 856. This legislation, introduced by Senator Stanley C. Walker, created the Commission to Study and Advise upon the Disposal of Solid Waste. The name was changed to the Virginia Solid Waste Commission in Senate Bill No. 383 in the 1976 session of the General Assembly. Two resolutions have been passed which requested that the Commission study and advise upon low-level radioactive wastes management and hazardous waste management. House Joint Resolution No. 44, introduced by Delegate George Grayson, directed the Commission, in conjunction with the State Board of Health, to plan for and establish a site for the disposal of low-level radioactive wastes. This resolution was adopted by the General Assembly during the 1980 session. House Joint Resolution No. 275 was adopted by the General Assembly in 1981, directing the Commission to work with the State Board of Health to develop a management plan for hazardous wastes generated within the Commonwealth. Included herein are reports on these two issues.