This report records the progress that has been made toward meeting the five objectives delineated in our grant application: (1) To evaluate, develop, and demonstrate practices involving a combination of municipalities having a common problem of solid wastes handling; (2) to establish the means for administering and operating a regionalized disposal system; (3) to correlate a regional program with a state program and provide basic data to the State Health Department in furtherance of its long range solid waste disposal planning; (4) to construct and demonstrate a pilot operation selected as best for the region; (5) to encourage regional solid waste handling for all urban areas of Passaic County through demonstration of a program applicable to four major municipalities of the County.