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11 <br /> • <br /> EXECUTIVE SUMMARY <br /> TRE SoLID WASTE DISPOSAL PROBLEM <br /> Orange and Durham Counties have enjoyed a period of economic expansion that - <br /> began more than 20 years ago. The population of the area has grown from <br /> 190,000 in 1970 to over 290,000 today. The planning agencies at the state <br /> and local levels anticipate that both population and employment will <br /> continue to increase at a rapid pace for at least the next 20 to 30 years. <br /> By the year 2020, the population of the two Counties could reach 750,0x. <br /> The amount of solid waste generated by housdholds, busipesses, off ire , <br /> universities, shopping centers, manufacturing plants, and,from construct site clearing activities is also growing in proportion to the demogragni: <br /> expansion. The increases in waste quantities over the past few years ha...e <br /> already inpacted existing landfill operations and have required both <br /> Counties to initiate plans to increase the capacity of existing landfills <br /> through vertical expansions. The existing landfills in both Counties are <br /> expected to be filled to capacity by the mid to late 1990's. <br /> Over the next 30 years, the annual quantity of municipal solid waste in the <br /> •,..regionis:-.eveCted to increase fram.315,000.tons per,yearAo.about,.822,00C., <br /> tons per year. Ash from the UNC Power Plant will increase from 7,500 tons <br /> per year to around 50,000 tons per year due to the replacement of existing <br /> boilers with new, fluidized bed cohbustion units which will add pulverized <br /> lime for improved control of gaseous emissions. Approximately 75,000 to <br /> 150,000 tons per year of brush and ridable is also expected to be delivered <br /> to puhlic awned facilities for disposal. Were all these wastes to be <br /> ES - 1 <br /> • <br />