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- 29 - IV. REGIONAL OBJECTIVES AND POTENTIAL DEGREES OF ABATEMENT The 1980 Waste Management Act requires that the Council's land disposal abatement report contain specific and quantifiable objectives and degrees of abatement. Based on the information within the previous sections, regional objectives for land disposal abatement for the next 20 years can be proposed for each of the four main categories: waste reduction, waste separation, waste processing and resource recovery. Within this preliminary report, maximum potentials for each of the four categories are proposed to examine the upper limit of what might be possible using the best waste management techniques. These maximum potentials will then serve as targets that counties will address in their specific disposal alternative proposals due by April 1, 1982. These proposals will detail the investigation the counties have made of various alternatives, the realistic abatement each alternative can contribute and the short- and long-term implementation programs to reach the abatement levels each county deems to be achievable. Table 5 describes the maximum potential degree of abatement during the next 20 years within five year increments. The abatement potentials for the three categories are measured in terms of the percent recovery of the total mixed municipal solid waste generation rates. Waste processing as defined in this report includes shredding and baling of wastes prior to landfilling. Table 5 LAND DISPOSAL ABATEMENT POTENTIALS Maximum Potential Degree of Abatement (percent of five-year generation rates) STRATEGY CATEGORY 1981- 1986- 1991- 1996- 1985 1990 1995 2000 Waste Separation Glass, Metal, Paper Yard Waste 15 20 25 33 ~5 10 15 15 Waste Processing (includes mechanical waste separation) Resource Recovery (includes waste separation and processing) 5 10 20 30 Energy Recovery 5 50 75 75 Biological Processing 15 25 50 75 Other Systems 1 3 3 3