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KEY DRIVER - DISPOSAL <br />• Per capita waste generation rates increasing from 3.66 Ibs /capita /day 1980 <br />to 4.43 Ibs /capita /day 2010 <br />• 54% of total MSW is currently disposed (2010), 135 million tons per annum <br />• Depending on the state /region long -term availability of capacity may be an <br />issue (Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Georgia, Florida etc.) <br />• Improved landfill practices and recycling extend landfill life <br />• Major service providers own fewer but larger landfills: <br />• Waste Management: reported average landfill life of 28 years (2006) <br />• Allied Waste Industries: reported average landfill life of 50 years (2006) <br />• Republic Services: reported average landfill life of 27 years (2006) <br />• Cost for landfill disposal around Orange County is low $28 to $60 /ton <br />• Around 30 years of NC landfill capacity remains <br />PROTECTED TOTAL LANDFILL CAPACITY IN <br />MASSACHUSETTS f1n(r;d4000(fWU) <br />2.1 2.1 million tons <br />2.2 <br />i.5 <br />1 <br />45 <br />o— — — — — — — <br />2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 <br />SOLACE: Sam Deprmw d lrwwaxout FlaaiKe <br />