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12 <br /> <br />PART 2: PROBLEM STATEMENT <br />OVERVIEW <br /> <br /> ~ u~Scarae~ solid materials, includi~ waste <br /> materials and waste sludges resulting from industrial, commercial and <br /> agricultural Operations and from community activities (see <br /> Glossary). ' <br /> <br /> T~.~etropolitan Area Currently generates a ' ~ .. <br /> m~lllon tons of muni-:L - -.~ pProxlmat=l <br /> 1.4 m~-~-- L u,pa~ sol~a waste a · ~ (1.8) <br /> --~- ~ons comes from roo~--~:-, year. Of this amount 1. <br /> .... =~a~ an~ ~ .... · - , ( 3} <br /> Industry generates the other (HALF} 0.6 million tons. The amount of <br /> .... .-.~=aclal sources. <br /> solid waste generated annually is expected to grow at a rate of <br /> approximately 20,000 tons per year. <br /> <br /> About 70 percent, or (1.3) 1.4 millio~ tons, of the Region's solid <br /> ~aste is disposed of in sanity landfills annually. The remainder <br /> is recovered, disposed of by other me . <br /> tural waste to . ans (such as a <br /> cropland}, or disposed o~ .... ~- ..pplying agricul- <br /> solid waste that is landfilled originates within the Metropolitan <br /> Urban Service Area (see Glossary). ~ ~uuu~oe the Region. Most <br /> <br /> ~ischarging solid waste to the environment is c~lled solid waste <br /> isposal. It means that the waste or lts constituents are emitted to <br /> the atmosphere or released to ground and/or surface Waters. The <br /> potential negative effects of solid waste disposal include: 1) <br /> ~reater demands on raw material Supplies and natural resources; 2) <br /> · ncreased environmental health hazards; and 3) increased public costs <br /> for waste management. <br /> <br /> DEMANDS ON RAW MATERIAL SUPPLIES <br /> <br /> Nearly all of the materials and energy consumed in the United States <br /> come from natural resources. Use of energy and materials is growing <br /> at a rate of four to five percent a year. Continuation of this trend <br /> will mean continued demand for raw material and energy Supplies, and <br /> increased quantities of solid waste. <br /> <br />Manufacturing statistics and estimates of quantities of waste show <br />that per capita consumption of goods and Services is increasing, as <br />is the amount of material used for products. Consequently, the <br />world's natural resource base, including the international system of <br />distributing these resources, will be less favorable to the U.S. <br />~onsumption than in th- <br />uture shortages of ?mest?a}l , this trend coul cause <br />~hortages could occu- ~-~2~=~=aw materials and fuels. <br />Inability to derek^-~ ~ =raae restrictions or a t <br /> ~ new lOw-cost materials. =~un~lOglcal <br /> <br /> <br />