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Main Title Equipment Sharing and Cost Estimating for Rural Solid Waste Disposal Systems.
CORP Author Martin (A. W.) Associates, Inc., King of Prussia, Pa.;Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C. Office of Solid Waste Management Programs.
Year Published 1977
Report Number EPA-68-01-3206; EPA/SW-584;
Stock Number PB-265 391
Additional Subjects Solid waste disposal ; Regional planning ; Rural areas ; Compaction equipment ; Sanitary landfills ; Cost estimates ; Arizona ; Georgia ; Florida ; Montana ; New Mexico ; Catron County(New Mexico) ; Graham County(Arizona) ; Cascade County(Montana) ; Lake County(Florida) ; Leon County(Florida) ; Habersham County(Georgia)
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NTIS  PB-265 391 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
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Abstract
The present study is an analysis of six rural county solid waste disposal systems located in the western and southern U.S. The landfill sites studied vary considerably in locale, climate, population, volume of solid waste generated, systems of disposal, and disposal costs. The solid waste disposal systems encountered in this study include one landfill equipment-sharing system, a bulk container collection/transfer station system, a system of one main landfill and smaller satellite landfills, and combination of these practices. The potential of landfill equipment-sharing systems for rural areas, in which equipment is hauled from site to site as needed to perform required landfill functions, is significant in that equipment and manpower are more fully utilized and capital is not tied up in machinery that receives only occasional use. However, for such a system to be economically feasible, travel time must be minimized and operations must be staggered to avoid overextension of the system.