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17 <br /> source separation program with technology to compost municipal solid waste <br /> could result in an overall reduction in volume of about 50 to 60 percent <br /> assuming that all of the produced compost would be landfilled, and that <br /> compaGluad waste would reduce the need for daily soil cover. Any sales or <br /> productive use of composted MSW would obviously increase the effectiveness <br /> of this technology as a method to reduce the required volume of future <br /> landfills. <br /> HDR has concluded that densification technologies, such as baling or <br /> shredfills, and material separation technologies, even when combined with <br /> source separation programs will not achieve an overall volume reduction <br /> approaching 50 percent. While the use of these technologies might serve <br /> same benefits in an ancillary application to the solid waste management <br /> program, they should not be considered further as primary methods to <br /> achieve the required reduction in the volume of non-recycled solid wastes. <br /> ENTEROMENIAL ISSUES <br /> The environmental impacts of the operation of a regional waste-to-energy <br /> facility (mass burn or RDF) are most appropriately examined within the <br /> context of a comparison to the impacts of the alternative disposal method <br /> of either.continued landfilling of solid waste or compost. Both <br /> waste-to-emryy facilities and landfills will have an impact,pn traffic and <br /> noise levels, due to the transportation of waste to the facilities. <br /> Potentially signficiant impacts can be mitigated for both alternatives <br /> through proper site selection and/or road improvements. Odor impacts are <br /> potentially greater for landfills and greatest for composting facilities; <br /> however, appropriate siting as well as prudent operation can avoid any <br /> ES - 7 <br />