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FIGURE 1.9 Decline of the sanitary landfill over the past decade (U.S. EPA, 2001.)

steady. Sanitary landfilling will be presented in Chapter 10, and secure landfilling of hazardous
waste in Chapter 17.

1.4.5 GOALS AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL
The U.S. EPA set a goal for the nation to recycle at least 35% of MSW by the year 2005, while
reducing the generation of solid waste to 1.9 kg (4.3 lb) per person per day. Because economic
growth results in the generation of more products and materials being generated, there will be an
increased need to further develop recycling and composting infrastructure, buy more recycled prod-
ucts, and create opportunities for source reduction activities such as reuse of materials and products
and modify manufacturing processes (e.g., making containers with less materials) in order to meet
these goals.

REFERENCES

Code of Federal Regulations, Vol. 10, Part 61, Licensing Requirements for Land Disposal of Radioactive
Waste, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 2004.
Code of Federal Regulations, Vol. 10, Part 62, Criteria and Procedures for Emergency Access to Non-federal
and Regional Low-level Waste Disposal Facilities., U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington,
DC, 2004.
Code of Federal Regulations, Vol. 10, Part 72, Licensing Requirements for the Independent Storage of Spent
Nuclear Fuel and High-level Radioactive Waste, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC,
2004.
Code of Federal Regulations, Vol. 40, Part 240, Guidelines for the Thermal Processing of Solid Wastes, U.S.
Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 2004.
Code of Federal Regulations, Vol. 40, Part 259, Medical Wastes, U.S. Government Printing Office,
Washington, DC.
Franklin Associates, Characterization of Building-related Construction and Demolition Debris in the United
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Industrial Solid Waste Division, Office of Solid Waste, Prairie Village, KS, June 1998.