$70 s60 s50 The cost of 5s40 disposing waste by incineration is greater than that of Waste-to-End putting it in a $10 MSW Landfills landfill 19828384858687888990919293949596979899 ear Fig. 13 Relative cost of landfills and incinerators ◆ The real choices U.S. EPA is not interesting in developing new incinerators and has encouraged composting, recycling and source reduction as more effective way to reduce solid wasteFig. 13 Relative cost of landfills and incinerators The cost of disposing waste by incineration is greater than that of putting it in a landfill. U.S. EPA is not interesting in developing new incinerators and has encouraged composting, recycling and source reduction as more effective way to reduce solid waste. ◆ The real choices