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22 <br /> <br /> 4c. Residential and commercial solid waste generators should be <br /> encouraged to separate paper, glass and metal wastes for <br /> collection and recovery. <br /> <br /> 4d. Office and commercial solid waste generators are encouraged to <br /> provide office paper recovery programs, and when feasible, to use <br /> paper suitable for recycling. <br /> <br /> 4e. Waste management plans prepared in response to state and federal <br /> laws and regulations should evaluate, and where feasible, <br /> initiate source separation programs. <br /> <br /> SOLID AND HAZARDOUS WASTE PROCESSING <br /> <br />Neither waste reduction nor source separation will eliminate all <br />solid and hazardous waste. Therefore, whenever feasible, some form <br />of waste processing should be used. The objectives of processing <br />solid or hazardous waste are to destroy toxic constituents, reduce <br />the waste volume, or convert the waste to usable form. Another <br />benefit of processing is that the processed residue may be less <br />hazardous to the environment when disposed. There are numerous <br />processing techniques to achieve these objectives. For example, <br />residential wastes may be processed to recover materials and energy <br />that can be sold. The solid or hazardous waste that is not reclaimed <br />(often grit or ash) requires only a fraction of the disposal capacity <br />that the original waste would have required. <br /> <br />There are certain risks in establishing facilities to process and <br />recover secondary materials and energy from solid or hazardous <br />wastes. Facilities requiring high investment carry a greater <br />economic risk, particularly if recoverable commodities enter <br />~npredictable markets. The risk is not so great for low capital <br />nvestment alternatives. The foremost risks, and Suggestions of <br />reducing them, follow: <br /> <br />Marketing risks. Potential processors should study the <br />demand for secondary materials and secure firm commitments <br />from secondary material users at an acceptable price; <br /> <br />Supply risks. Long-term agreements should be made with <br />waste generators to supply sufficient solid or hazardous <br />waste to satisfy secondary materials and energy market <br />obligations; <br /> <br />O <br /> <br />O <br /> <br />Technological risks. The facility must employ reliable, <br />economical processing techniques and equipment; and <br /> <br />Financial risks. The facility should be financially self- <br />sufficient. That is, revenues from secondary materials, <br />energy and user fees should be sufficient to offset capital, <br />operating and maintenance costs, while remaining competitive <br />with other solid or hazardous waste management alterna- <br />tives. Otherwise, facilities may become a public burden. <br /> <br /> <br />