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26 <br /> disposal facility) including enabling legislation, and <br /> cooperative agreements with adjacent Cities and Counties in <br /> North Carolina. <br /> 4. Following completion of these studies, sufficient information <br /> will be available to allow the jurisdictions of Orange and Durha.,-... <br /> Counties to develop a long range solid waste management policy <br /> that will guide the direction of the regional effort. Depending <br /> upon the availability of landfill disposal capacity to meet the <br /> needs of both Counties until approximately the year 2005, the <br /> policy could involve: <br /> A plan to achieve targeted recycling goals with each County <br /> continuing to landfill all non-recycled wastes for at least <br /> the next 15 to 20 years using identified future landfill <br /> capacity. This plan could also include the incorporation of <br /> densification technologies such as baling or operation of a <br /> shredfill to prolong the remaining landfill capacity by <br /> another 20 percent. <br /> kpaan to,preserve .future landfill disposal capacity and <br /> minimize the size of future landfills by moving forward to <br /> implement a regional recycling program and a 'seiected <br /> technology for achieving a 50 to 90 percent reduction in <br /> volume of non-recycled wastes. The preferred alternative <br /> technology could be targeted for implementation as early as <br /> ES - 16 <br />