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In Sacramento, early figures indicated that it costs the City $8 to process one cubic yard of finished compost (approximately two tons of raw materials). It currently costs the City $3 per ton to landfill that material, however, the City's landfill will be closed shortly and they anticipate that it will cost the City $18 per ton to landfill. Windrow composting is a relatively inexpensive operation to establish and operate. In many communities, unused land is available and exist- ing equipment and labor may be diverted and utilized for the program Summary of Resource Conservation Alternatives Refuse -to -energy as an alternative to landfill disposal requires further feasibility evaluation and should be approached only if a consideration of the majority of the resource conservation refuse in the County could be secured. The 1600 to 1700 ton per week received at the Harney Lane Landfill is far below the daily tonnage typically considered necessary to attain economies of scale in operation. In addition, the issues regarding air quality impacts require further resolution in order to reducd project risk to potential finan- cing sources. Resource conservation programs consisting of source-separation,.salvage, and composting should be implemented to the extent financial feasibility is established on a program -by -program basis. However, even with the most opti- mistic recycling participation, the landfill will still be required.