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1971 Minnesota Legislature 6.2 billion pounds Abandoned Motor Vehicles aerosol can represents all-aluminum container all-returnable system alternative is found anaerobic digestion ban on non-returnables ban or deposit compost consume demand for recycled deposit on non-returnable drink and beer efficiencies in manufacturing encourage energy consumption energy recovery Energy requirements energy resources entered the solid entering Minnesota landfills environmental impact environmental or resource examine internal operations excluding frozen food facilitate recycling floating plastics frozen food packaging garbage truck glass bottles incineration million minimize solid waste natural gas non-beverage Non-packaging non-returnable beverage containers packaged soft drinks paper products paper recycled percent of packaged plastic packaging Plastic shotgun shells plastics industry policies potential product lifetime pyrolysis recommended recycled paper recycling of paper reducing solid waste reduction in solid residential Returnable beverage containers solid waste burden solid waste components solid waste management solid waste stream throw-away Volunteer recycling centers waste management technique waste paper