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t <br /> <br />III. STRATEGY DESCRIPTIONS AND PRELIMINARY EVALUATION <br /> <br />This section describes all reasonable disposal abatement strategies and <br />contains basic conclusions concerning the technical feasibility and poten- <br />tial degree of abatement for each. Later sections discuss economic con- <br />straints and propose recommendations for action and development schedules <br />for implementing feasible strategies. Because this report is designed to <br />be submitted to the metropolitan counties for purposes of developing their <br />land disposal abatement proposals, it emphasizes those strategies that the <br />counties, cities and townships (in close cooperation with the private sec- <br />tor) can reasonably implement.. Those strategies that are most appropriate <br />for state and federal authorltles are also d~scribed and evaluated, with <br />recommendations included for regional, state and federal actions. In <br />addition, recommendations for county support of these legislative actions <br />are developed in Section VI. <br /> ach strategy was evaluated according to the following criteria: <br /> <br /> 1. Degree to which the strategy can practically be implemented; that <br /> is, ease of strategy development and administration. <br /> <br /> 2. Waste stream impact. Estimates of both predicted and maximum <br /> potential levels of land disposal abatement. <br /> <br /> 3. Appropriate implementing body. Neighborhood, municipal, county, <br /> regional, state or federal government; or private industry. <br /> <br /> 4. Costs and revenues of strategy, including viability of markets for <br /> any products or secondary materials produced. <br /> <br /> 5. Schedule of implementation. Earliest year of start-up and time <br /> required to reach predicted potential. <br /> <br /> 6. Impact of strategy on solid waste industry. <br /> <br /> 7. Secondary community and environmental benefits, including <br /> increased employment and pollution abatement. <br /> 8. Appropriate population density; that is, urban, suburban or rural. <br /> <br />WASTE REDUCTION <br />Waste reduction (or source reduction) involves controlling the quan- <br />tity of waste produced by changing product designs, consumer behavior <br />or both. The policies adopted by the U.S. Environmental Protection <br />Agency (EPA), the Minnesota pollution Control Agency (MPCA) and the <br />Metorpolitan Council place the highest priority on waste reduction <br />methods of solid waste management. <br /> <br />Reducing the amount of waste could reduce: <br /> <br />product production costs. <br /> <br />Public expenditures for waste management. <br /> <br /> <br />