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• To implement an organized collection system dedicated to landfill abate- ment, the Advisory Council recommended a County controlled system. The County would develop a solid waste management ordinance that would establish organized collection, recycling and yardwaste collection districts; provide flow control for a resource recovery facility; establish Countywide collec- tion rates; and establish contracts with waste haulers and recyclers. A municipality would be given the opportunity to maintain its own program if equivelent to the County program. The County controlled program recommended by the Advisory Council was selected over the following: * A mandatory municipal management program established through a County requirement. A voluntary municipal management program induced by County- sponsored incentives. * A voluntary municipal program induced by County incentives with a time limit. In non - cooperating municipalities, the program becomes a mandatory County management program. 2. Financing Abatement A program of economic incentives is proposed as a means of tilting the existing disposal oriented system towards abatement. The recommended level of subsidy for landfill abatement is $22 per ton or the avoided cost of transporting and disposing of solid waste that is realized when abatement occurs. The Advisory Council recommended that landfill abatement (in particular the waste reduction, source separation and composting elements) be financed from the waste management system and not through the County property taxes. The financing systems which were considered include: * Waste charges at landfills, * Collection vehicle registration fees, * Landfill abatement fees within organized collection contracts. Any of these options could effectively finance the proposed County program without increasing costs to consumers if a Countywide organized collection system is implemented. More conventional financing methods, such as revenue bonds, will be required to finance the mass burning incineration and co- composting elements of this proposal. These financing decisions will be deferred until a later time, however, the organizational and financing framework established for the other abatement programs will facilitate the implementation of either a mass burning incinerator or a co- composting facility by: * providing for flow control, and * by providing a system -wide pricing structure capable of equalizing tipping fees at landfills and resource recovery facilities. 5 7