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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 />capacity needed is based on a projection that 44 million tons <br />of trash will be generated in the Metropolitan Area in the <br />next 20 years, an average of about 2.2 million tons a year. <br />The landfill capacity estimated needs in acre-feet were <br />calculated by dividing the amount of solid waste generated by <br />672 tons per acre-foot. This is the amount of solid waste <br />that fills one acre-foot of landfill space. <br /> <br />WASTE GENERATION RATES AND AMOUNTS <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 />