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Solid Waste Management for Rural Areas: Analysis of Costs and Service Requirements
Author(s) -
Schreiner Dean,
Muncrief George,
Davis Bob
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
american journal of agricultural economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.949
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1467-8276
pISSN - 0002-9092
DOI - 10.2307/1238341
Subject(s) - municipal solid waste , legislation , solid waste management , service (business) , rural area , business , waste disposal , waste collection , environmental planning , waste management , solid state , environmental science , engineering , medicine , engineering physics , marketing , pathology , political science , law
Federal and state legislation is increasingly making solid waste management an important service provided by rural communities and planning regions. Few systems have been designed for rural areas, and few studies have included data on spatial effects of collection density and transfer distances to disposal sites. Models are given estimating quantity of solid waste generated and costs per ton of solid waste collected, transferred, and disposed for different service areas and alternative technologies. The data can be used to project quantities of solid waste for collection and disposal and to determine optimum site location of disposal facilities in rural regions.