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To subscribe, E-mail the words . . The report presents arguments that citizens can take to city hall. Under those circumstances, people have strong reason to look for alternatives, like not making so much garbage in the first place, or recycling their garbage and selling the valuable parts rather than shipping them to a landfill. The opportunity cost of land is the value of what else could be done with the land if it weren't being used for a landfill. The opportunity cost of land actually should be calculated into the future because a landfill cannot be used for any other purpose for a decade or more after it is closed.