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Costs of Solid Waste Management in Rural Texas Communities

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  • Hall, J. Patrick
  • Jones, Lonnie L.

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Nationally, expenditures for solid waste collection and disposal are exceeded only by spending on schools and roads [3, p. 1]. In Texas, recent legislation which establishes minimum acceptable standards for disposal of municipal solid wastes materially affects the future costs of operating solid Waste management systems for smaller rural communities.The 1969 amendment to the Texas Solid Waste Disposal Act establishes the minimum legal standards for disposal operations in rural communities. The State Department of Health was given the responsibility for enforcement of regulations involving the collection, handling, storage and disposal of municipal solid wastes. After January 1, 1973, data presented in support of the disposal operations in Texas communities larger than fifteen hundred people must be prepared by a registered professional engineer and submitted to the State Department of Health for approval. Under the auspices of this act all towns with a population of between three thousand and five thousand are required to operate a sanitary landfill with compaction and cover at least twice per week.

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  • Hall, J. Patrick & Jones, Lonnie L., 1973. "Costs of Solid Waste Management in Rural Texas Communities," Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 5(1), pages 115-119, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:jagaec:v:5:y:1973:i:01:p:115-119_01
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    2. Doeksen, Gerald A. & Peterson, Janet, 1987. "Critical Issues In The Delivery Of Local Government Services In Rural America," Staff Reports 277911, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    3. Liu, Karen, 1981. "Developing A Prototype Model For The World Grains, Oilseeds And Livestock Model," 1981 Annual Meeting, July 26-29, Clemson, South Carolina 279319, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).
    4. Perlack, Robert D. & Willis, Cleve E., 1975. "Solid Waste Management For Rural Areas A Quadratic Programming Approach," Journal of the Northeastern Agricultural Economics Council, Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association, vol. 4(2), pages 1-13, October.
    5. Smathers, Webb M. Jr. & Broder, Josef M. & Porter, John F., 1980. "Distributional Consequences Of Consolidated Community Service Provision," 1980 Annual Meeting, July 27-30, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois 278894, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).

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