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I I I Page Three so~r/NON*TEC:HNIC..AL ABATEMENT STRATEGIES The soft ar non-technical solid waste abatement strategies may be divided into two categories: I) Waste reductionl md 2) source separation. Waste reduclton methods would include ony action or activities which would reduce or prevent the generation of waste or keep wastes out of the waste collection ond c~sposal system. These methods would include such activities as-' container deposits; packaging reduction; product charges; waste charges; product ban/prohibition; conservation (such as news print ond office paper reduction, reuse, and recycling); residential compasting of yard waste; extended warranties; and public education md information conce'ning waste reduction. Many of these methods (i.e. container deposit, packaging reduction, product charges, waste charges, and product ban/prohibitions) are entirely beyond the County's ability to implement c~d would require legislative action. Implementation of waste reduction strategies that are within the County's capability probably would not reduce the land disposal needs of Anoka .C.o.unty by any more than 5%. Pracurement pohmes, as a waste abatornent strategy, is the changing of purchasing practices to purchase recycled products. Such products would include: paper with specified percentage of recycle f~oer; use of re-refined lubricating oil in County vehicles; use of recapped rather than new tires on i County vehicles; ond equipment purchases with extended warranties and life cycles. .Oft~.~c? ~ ..re~uctian ced r .e~ling, as an abatement strategy, would I include such act, ons as: .plonmng to reduce or more completely use space available on paper; copying larger documents on both sides of the page rather than single side copying; the use of the back side of waste office paper.for I rough drafts ar scratch reduction of ar changing forms ond paper; procedures to reduce non-essentml information or mailings. Tied to the question of office paper reduction is the issue of office paper recycling. The I bulk of the waste produced by govornmentai operations like the courthouse is largely paper which is of a very high quality far purposes of paper recycling. It is believed that possibly 50% of the courthouse waste stream could be I recovered md recycled. Office paper recycling typically is of two types of programs: the central I container system; ond the desk top program. The central container system requires each employee to carry recyclable paper to the centrally located container in the office area. After the container is full it is transported to a i storage/pickup area. The desk top system involves the separation and accumulation of recyclable paper in a desk top or ded¢ side containers depositing accumulated recyclable paper in a central container on the floor, and transporting the central contain.ers to a storage/pickup c~ea. The desk I top system has been the most effechve.