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districts" for subarea analysis within counties, the Council <br />has determined counties to be the appropriate sectors for <br />this report. <br /> <br /> The report provides estimates of the added solid waste <br />landfill capacity needed in the Metropolitan Area and in each <br />of the seven metropolitan counties annually from 1981 through <br />1990 and in 1995 and 2000. Estimates are based on existing <br />and projected waste generation rates. As required by law, <br />the estimates were made without regard for potential waste <br />reduction and recovery possibilities. The law directs the <br />Council to submit a report to the counties by January 1981 <br />that recommends priorities and objectives for abating land <br />disposal needs for solid wastg. The counties are to use the <br />abatement report to prepare plans for using alternatives to <br />land disposal of solid wastes, such as recycling programs and <br />facilities that burn trash to recover energy. <br /> <br />2. SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL CAPACITY NEEDED <br /> <br /> The existing solid waste landfill disposal capacity in <br />the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area (as of Dee. 31, 1980) is <br />10,028 acre-feet, which should meet the Area's needs until <br />some time in 1984. <br /> <br /> Permits for expansion of five of the Area's 11 landfills <br />are under consideration. If approved, the proposed expan- <br />sions would add 9,114 acre-feet of capacity, which would <br />extend Area capacity through 1986. <br /> <br /> By 1990, the Metropolitan Area will need an estimated <br />additional 20,846 acre-feet of solid waste landfill capacity <br />without the proposed expansions, and an additional 11,732 <br />acre-feet with them. By the year 2000, the comparable needs <br />will be 55,357 acre-feet or 46,243 acre-feet respectively <br /> <br />(see Table 1). <br /> 2 <br /> <br /> <br />