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I I I I I I I I I I I i I I I I I I Page Four Waste reduction information and education os a waste abatement strategy involves the providing of information and training sessions to persons who have an interest in solid waste abatement. Such activities might be conducted through community groups or schools. Waste source sopc~ation, as an abatement strategy, incJudes methods and procedures for extracting from the solid wrote stream at the paint of generation useful materials that could be returned to the economy (newspaper, glass~ iron, aluminum, cardboard). Such activities accomplish the conservation of natural resources and energy, reduce consumer expense, reduce landfilling cost and land disposal needs, and facilitate preparation of refuse to provide fuel for energy recovery systems. There are three basic types of waste separation systems~ col lection/clrop off centers~ curbside pickup, and salvaging. A oollectic~ or drop off center is a facility usually operated and staffed by a volunteer organization which would provide bins or other containers in which individuals place their source separated materials. The organization in turn would market the materials. To be effective such recycling/drop off centers must be located close to the point of waste generation so that they are convenient to individual residential generators. Because of the inconvenience of separating and transporting recycled materials, a high degree of individual motivation is required. For this reason, this strategy may be of limited value in reducing the County's Imdfill disposal needs. Curbsicle pictmp, on the other hand, is a system which is built into the general solid waste collection system for the community whereby the individual residents place the separated materials on the curb so that the recy¢lable materials are separate from the waste to.be disposed of. Curbside programs can accomplish a larger reduction in the County's land disposal needs but still will require a high degree of motivation to accomplish separation. Because curbside pickup programs are so closely tied to the collection system, it is believed that curbside programs can be better implemented by the city as a part of their municipal solid waste management services. Other elements critical to the success of a curbside program are papulation density and the availability of municipal collection or municipal contract collection. Currently only the communities of Blaine, Anoka, Columbia Heights~ Coon P, apids, Fridley~ Hilltop and Spring Lake Park have population densities conducive to this strategy. Of the above communities only Anoka, Blaine, and Columbia Heights currently have municipal collection or municipal contract collection.