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- 57 - e. Loans and Rebates Metropolitan counties should design encourage recovery programs through rebates. their own incentives to tax-free loans and fee County Funds Metropolitan counties should examine the feasibility of estab- lishing their own funds from various local sources (such as local waste surcharges on disposal facilities and general tax revenues). 7. DEMONSTRATION AND ANALYSIS a. Waste Stream Analysis The metropolitan counties and the Metropolitan Council, through the continuing land disposal abatement planning proc- ess, should initiate a scientifically controlled analysis of the specific composition and amount of the local solid waste stream, using standardized solid waste sampling techniques. b. Composting Demonstration The MPCA and the Metropolitan Council should initiate a com- posting demonstration project to determine the feasibility of using food and other scrap wastes as a bulking agent for sludge composting. c. Compost Market Study The MPCA, Metropolitan Waste Control Commission, Minnesota Department of Agriculture, the Metropolitan Council and the University of Minnesota Extension Service should conduct an in- depth market study to assess the demand for compost products made from solid waste and sewage sludge. B. ACTIONS BY PRIVATE INDUSTRY The 1980 Waste Management Act requires the Council's land disposal abatement report to include recommendations for private sector actions and levels of expenditure necessary to achieve the report's goals and objectives. The following recommendations call for a high level of involvement by the private sector in developing.waste reduction and recovery programs. Private sector involvement ~s essential if the best abatement strategies are to be successfully implemented.