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- 55 - c. Composting, Methane Digesters and Alcohol Production The MPCA, Metropolitan Council and metropolitan counties should initiate or continue investigations of the feasibility of composting, methane digester and alcohol production alter- natives. The counties should coordinate compost market analy- sis with MPCA, the Minnesota Department of Agriculture, the Metropolitan Waste Control Commission, the Metropolitan Council and the University of Minnesota Extension Service. d. Backyard and Centralized Composting Local units of government should develop programs, including public education, to increase backyard and centralized, com- munity composting by citizens, cities and townships. e. Innovative Research The MPCA, Metropolitan Council and metropolitan counties Should investigate innovative research and development by other agencies and firms of other solid waste management alternatives. f. Wood Fiber Processing The metropolitan counties, through the coordination of the Metropolitan Council and the Department of Agriculture's shade tree program, should investigate the possibility of increasing the Region's processing capacity to handle both diseased wood and storm-damaged material to eliminate the need for open burn- ing and landfilling of wood fiber resources. 5. ORGANIZED COLLECTION a. Organized Collection Task Force The Metropolitan Council should establish an advisory task force to include representatives from private hauling firms, owners of transfer stations and landfills, metropolitan counties, municipalities, townships, MPCA, generators (citizen and industry) and recycling industries, to evaluate the feasi- bility of an organized collection system in the Region. This task force should outline the need and purpose of such an organized collection system--for example, to make refuse collection more efficient, promote recycling and resource recovery programs, and allow more local control over collec- tion service. b. Economic Impacts and Mechanisms The task force should examine the economic feasibility and impacts of an organized collection system and examine the mechanisms for implementing an organized collection system, such as county and municipal ordinances and licenses control- ling collection and disposal services, and city and township contracts with haulers.