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states that the added capacity needed is to be based on <br />generation rates, not use"rates. Furthermore, although use <br />rates for given landfills may vary, the rate at which the <br />disposal capacity of the entire metropolitan waste disposal <br />system is used should be directly related to the amount of <br />waste generated in the Area. Current estimates are that less <br />than 10 percent of the Area's waste is transported to land- <br />fills outside the Seven-County Area. <br /> <br /> The 20-year region-wide estimate of added landfill <br /> <br />capacity needed is based on a projection that 44million tons of <br />trash will be generated in the Metropolitan Area in the next <br /> <br />20 years, an average of about 2.2 million tons a year. The land- <br />fill capacity estimated needs in acre-feet were calculated by <br />dividing the amount of solid waste generated by 672 tons <br />per acre-foot. This is the amount of solid waste that fills <br />one acre-foot of landfill space. ~' <br /> <br />WASTE GENERATION RATES AND ~OUNTS <br /> <br />The Council and the metropolitan counties have agreed <br />upon the following average metropolitan-wide generation rates <br />(established in the 1975 HDR report): <br /> <br />Domestic Rates <br /> <br />Urban - 2.85 lbs./capita/day <br /> <br />Suburban - 2.65 lbs./capita/day <br /> <br />Rural - 2 lbs.~capita~day <br /> <br />Commercial Rate - 3.21 lbs./employee/day <br />Industrial Rate - 7.92 lbs./employee/day <br /> <br /> <br />