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CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS <br /> <br /> Based on the foregoing, the following conclusions are <br />offered: <br /> <br />A high tonnage of cardboard is received at each landfill. <br />This represents a unique opportunity for recycling. <br /> <br />The potential for recycling of aluminum, glass and paper <br />appears significant with acceptable markets nearby. <br /> <br />Educating the public in recycling must be a high priority to <br />increase the chance of successful source-separation <br />recycling in the area. Post-collection recycling eliminates <br />the need for public motivation to participate. <br /> <br />4. Recently mandated recycling goals make it necessary for the <br /> City and County to include recycling as an integrated <br /> component of solid waste management in the area. <br /> <br />5. Each existing landfill is in need of improved site <br /> maintenance, erosion and sediment control, ground water <br /> monitoring and leachate management. <br /> <br />As indicated previously, Martinsville waste quantities are <br />not expected to provide adequate fill to shape the top of <br />the existing site to meet new regulatory requirements and to <br />provide ready drainage of surface water. Co-disposal at the <br />Martinsville Landfill may be advantageous to both the City <br />and the County, as follows: <br /> <br />Co-disposal will allow the top to be shaped with trash <br />rather than soil, which would increase closure costs. <br /> <br />b.. The County would be able to defer operation expenses <br /> and possibly avoid some of these costs. <br /> <br />Leachate generation at the Henry County Landfill would <br />be mitigated to some degree by capping. <br /> <br />Disadvantages of this consideration would include: <br /> <br />Some rerouting of collection vehicles, as well as an <br />increased level of operation at the Martinsville <br />Landfill would be required. <br />Co-disposal could have legal ramifications, especially <br />if ground water remediation would be required. In such <br />a case, the City, County and others would be <br />potentially responsible parties. As indicated <br />previously, the Martinsville Landfill does not have <br />ground water monitoring; therefore, the existing ground <br />water conditions are unknown. <br /> <br />14 <br /> <br /> <br />