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Regional Strategies <br />Land Disposal <br />A. Introduction <br />RETH INK Op <br />RECYCLING® <br />Landfills continue to play a role in the solid waste system for the metropolitan area. <br />Although land disposal is the least preferred option in the solid waste management <br />hierarchy, an integrated waste management system requires that some landfill <br />capacity be available. The Policy Plan acknowledges that landfills are necessary and <br />that landfill capacity is needed for waste that cannot be reduced, reused, recycled <br />or processed. Newer technologies such as leachate recirculation, bioreactors, and <br />landfill mining provide opportunities to improve landfill management, but need to <br />first be evaluated and then designed in a manner that prevents negative <br />environmental outcomes. Ultimately, conservation of landfill space and the use of <br />new technologies should be encouraged, but only when they also provide for <br />optimal environmental protection. <br />Landfills that serve the metropolitan area are privately owned and operated, with <br />some of the landfills serving the Region located in neighboring states. Governments <br />therefore specifically focus on the regulatory issues that govern landfilling; landfill <br />design and operation in Minnesota is regulated by the MPCA, counties and cities. <br />This Master Plan stresses the need for landfills to be designed and operated in an <br />optimal manner while also recognizing that landfills as well as all other waste <br />facilities' operations will need to be expanded or changed by 2030 to achieve Policy <br />Plan objectives. <br />Note: In this section of the Master Plan, the term " landfilling" refers to MSW <br />landfills only. <br />B. Regional Strategies <br />The SWMCB will: <br />1. Regionally support individual county use of a variety of compliance strategies <br />including licensing, inspection and enforcement to ensure that regulated solid <br />waste is properly managed in landfills throughout the Region. <br />2011 -2030 Regional Solid Waste Master Plan <br />Approved by the Solid Waste Management Coordinating Board on December 14, 2011 Appendix V Page 43 <br />