4.13 SOLID WASTE SYSTEMS 



All elements of OCS associated community growth—transportation, 

 utilities, schools, recreation, commercial, and housing—generate solid 

 wastes. Solid waste disposal may present problems where, because of 

 community growth, available disposal sites become scarce. The location of 

 sanitary landfills is the major consideration. Solid waste landfills that 

 preempt wetlands or other vital habitat areas can do considerable ecological 

 damage. The problem can be avoided by locating such landfills back from the 

 water's edge in appropriate, non-critical, upland sites, where they will not 

 pollute surface waters or groundwater. 



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