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Immediate priority should go to establishing such a coordinating program. The <br />low -technology approaches in particular, depend on the public's early awareness <br />and involvement if they are to be implemented as scheduled within the next few <br />years. It would not be practical to expect local units of government or pri- <br />vate businesses to set up the program, but more appropriately, the Council and <br />metropolitan counties must assume the responsibility. <br />Improving public education and participation will also depend on strong "grass <br />roots" activities. Environmental activist groups, churches, clubs, and similar <br />organizations are already carrying out some of these activities, but they will <br />have to become even more involved to gain the broad support necessary to make <br />changes in the waste management system through "grass roots" coalitions and <br />community organizing tactics. Assistance from government may be necessary to <br />help out these efforts. <br />POLICIES FOR SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT <br />The following policies are intended to guide development of the region's <br />future solid waste management system. <br />1. Waste reduction and resource recovery are feasible, prudent alternatives <br />to land disposal of municipal solid waste. Economic considerations alone <br />shall not preclude implementation of the alternatives. <br />2. Processible mixed municipal solid waste shall be prohibited from land dis- <br />posal in the Metropolitan Area after 1990. <br />3. Metropolitan Area ,enerators of municipal solid waste are required after <br />1987 to separate identified recyclables and compostable yard waste <br />materials. <br />4. The public sector is responsible for developing a regional system of waste <br />processing and recycling services. The system should be comprised of cen- <br />tralized processing facilities, transfer stations and composting and <br />recycling services. The system should provide continuous. convenient and <br />reliable services to all residential and commercial waste generators in <br />the Metropolitan Area and centralized management and coordination of the <br />waste, its components and final destination. <br />5. The metropolitan counties are strongly encouraged to develop programs and <br />projects cooperatively within the following subregional service areas: <br />a. Dakota and Hennepin Counties; <br />b. Anoka and Hennepin Counties; <br />c. Dakota, Ramsey and Washington Counties; and <br />d. Carver and Scott Counties. <br />6. Residential and commercial generate of small amounts of hazardous sub- <br />stances should separate these materidls from the remaining waste. The <br />metropolitan -,unties should provide collection and management services <br />for these mate,-,als by 1988. <br />32 <br />