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<br />' att$101.,thaielintMilial for'cauSiiii air pollution, .,_
<br />lhateadkfor.: increased. racycling. Actually,
<br />IlSilitried9 'A 'major 'emphasis of the Coun-
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<br />hit'Staalas a goal that the 23 percent of the
<br />•datitin:43t1; that were recycled in 1985 be in-
<br />P.'roactito.;44. least .35•Percent ,by, 1990. We should
<br />Wbals.,/-17•:',..i.iltaintlolc tc, dollietter,'but well have some difficulty
<br />741.?..Zi.r.:4';:2-"aii`ortip*ing even that goal.
<br />;04 -7-440t.ohc„thing, many -cities have no source-
<br />"kstii.hcash -:•• saparation priogram; and many householders with •
<br />soarep•sepatanon programs available to them don't
<br />nki.e-_-,..4';':-.ti.`take‘advantage of them. In fact. most recycling is
<br />.a;still being done by commercial and industrial solid ..
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<br />k1,pg at,..,..aa.we revise our
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<br />*di 'a" Aiurn.:60111tp tlferate' bY..1992', 'And -if we meet our -resource-recoVeri
<br />litlichedin ilielitiraiiikl.f4licliWeyint. they and Our .i*Sticling goals by 1992,it looks g if we
<br />til*91it'ptiiduetis--refti0141atiYad':fu'el,' have enough landfill capacity —including recently,
<br />ititntfrOut and'setiritatindfill.;cibe H.. approved landfill expansions —to last tillabout 20*
<br />210-fihd•ways to get those- Out of gut meanwnue, we need.'to sut c uu.; ptoutetu
<br />*site:At-earn too, and deal with better in toxicity of the ash from the rcaptiree-itcovery
<br />facilities, So it will be nontoxio:enough to use in •
<br />produCts such-acasphalt or 'cort4ite,tlf we can Pul
<br />the materials that make ash tox*.out of the waste
<br />stream, we shouldn't have to wprry about siting
<br />special landfills for toxic ash.' •••
<br />The point about all this is that.you can't
<br />eliminate risk altogether. What you can do is con-
<br />tinue to advance the technology to reduce the risk.
<br />The landfill was an improvement over the burning
<br />dump. The resource -recovery plant is an improve-
<br />ment over the landfill. Recycling is an improvemem
<br />over the resource -recovery facilities, to the extent
<br />that we can accomplish it, and our plans for
<br />resource recovery assume maximum recycling.
<br />While no step is perfect, real progress is possi-
<br />ble. But it is going to take everybody's cooperation
<br />and commitment. Surely we owe -that much to our
<br />environment and our chiklren. . •
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