In part-one of a two-part article, authors Ron Mills and Brian Tippetts examine the municipal solid waste stream under the scope of current waste definitions, economic factors and regulatory concepts of resource recovery. With pertinent questions presented along the way, the authors explain the role that landfill design, technology and operations will play in the course of municipal solid waste management.
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