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- 35 - Ail local units of government should eliminate specifications and guidelines for soliciting bids that require virgin materials exclusively. Specifications for all office papers should not require a minimum brightness factor of greater than 55. Ail local units of geovernment should procure, to the extent possible, materials that can be recycled. Ail local units of government should establish performance standards on motor oil so that re-refined oil can compete on motor oil bids. Ail local units of government should establish specifications so that recapped tires can be used on vehicles. 3. PICKING Metropolitan counties should encourage landfill and transfer station operators to implement picking programs when feasible. 4. MECHANICAL SEPARATION Metropolitan counties, during the development of their 1982 abatement proposals, should investigate the potentials for mechanical separation at existing and future transfer stations and landfills. WASTE PROCESSING Metropolitan counties, in consultation with each other, sheuld propose a regional system of transfer stations, with the renovation of existing facilities and development of new ones,where necessary. Within the proposed regional transfer station system, the counties should investigate the cost-effectiveness of shredding and baling to reduce unnecessary transportation costs and reduce landfill cover requirements. D. RESOURCE RECOVERY 1. ENERGY RECOVERY Metropolitan counties should continue energy recovery facility planning to meet the Region's long-range disposal and recovery requirements. The 1982 abatement proposals should contain a status report of energy recovery planning and evidence that the other management techniques of waste reduction, waste separation and waste processing are being considered during all phases of facility planning. Any specific project proposal should contain an analysis of the impacts on existing recovery systems.