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CONTENTS <br />Page <br />PART 1: INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY..............................................I <br />Introduction...............................................................1 <br />Purpose.................................................................I <br />Authority...............................................................2 <br />Implementation and Use of the Guide.....................................5 <br />Summary....................................................................7 <br />Major <br />Changes from the 1981 Guide.......................................7 <br />MajorPolicies <br />..........................................................8 <br />System Plan.............................................................8 <br />PART 2: BACKGROUND........................................................... <br />10 <br />Introduction.............................................................. <br />10 <br />Existing Waste Management System .......................................... <br />10 <br />Mixed Municipal Solid Waste ............................................ <br />10 <br />SpecialWaste.......................................................... <br />12 <br />HistoricalOverview....................................................... <br />12 <br />If Current Practices Continue ............................................. <br />14 <br />Future Land Disposal Needs ............................................. <br />14 <br />Consequences........................................................... <br />14 <br />PART 3: REGIONAL STRATEGY FOR WASTE MANAGEMENT ............................... <br />19 <br />Purpose................................................................... <br />19 <br />Alternatives and Priorities ............................................... <br />19 <br />Overview............................................................... <br />19 <br />WasteReduction........................................................ <br />20 <br />Source Separation......................................................22 <br />Centralized Materials Recovery ......................................... <br />24 <br />Waste Combustion....................................................... <br />24 <br />Centralized Composting and Co -Composting ............................... <br />25 <br />Land Disposal.......................................................... <br />26 <br />Roles and Responsibilities for Implementing <br />the Regional Strategy......... 28 <br />Subregional Service Areas .............................................. <br />28 <br />Waste Collection Services .............................................. <br />30 <br />Market Development..................................................... <br />31 <br />Public Education and Participation ..................................... <br />31 <br />Policies for Solid Waste Management ....................................... <br />32 <br />PART 4: SYSTEM PLAN.......................................................... <br />34 <br />Development Program for Waste Reuction and Resource <br />Recovery .............. 34 <br />Development Schedule ................................................ <br />Waste Reduction and Source Separation .................................. <br />36 <br />