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57 <br />13% over collection tonnage projected for 1998-99. Projected comracted cost per ton = $208 (rounded), or <br />$168 per ton with tipping fee credit of $40. <br />• All curbside programs are projected~to recycle 4,000 tons of materials, at a total cost per ton (including <br />supplies and all public outreach) of $185 (rounded), or $145 with a tipping fee credit of $40 per ton. <br />Projected 4.5% increase per ton over this year, due to inflation plus new recycling bin costs all incurred in <br />f rst year. <br />• The projected recycling volume of 4,000 tons results in the rates of diversion from the landfill summarized <br />in the table below, compared with the current year. <br />Sammary of Estimated Curbside Recycling Diversion Rates from Landfill <br />Cnrreat Year FY 1999-00 Difference <br />Urban 23.5% 23.5% 0% <br />Rural 4.8% 5.3% 0.5% <br />Total 13.3% 13.5% 0.2% <br />~, NOTE: We estimate that 25% of drop-offrecycling in urban areas is from those households•receiving curbside <br />service. Ia rural areas as much as 50% may be from rural curbside households because service is every other <br />week. Drop-off tonnage is not included in calculating the diversion rates shown in the table above. <br />Key objectives for fiscal year 1999-00 include the following: <br />• Provide weekly curbside recycling for 14,500 existing and new single-family residences in Carrboro, <br />Chapel Hill and Hillsborough by the end of the year, <br />• Provide biweekly curbside recycling to 8,300 residences including those now receiving service or <br />immediately adjacent ~to those residences now receiving service in unincorporated Orange County; <br />• Provide outreach through advertising and a targeted mailing to all households in the rural and urban <br />curbside recycling.programs; <br />• Collect 335 tons per month (46% increase over this year) of newspaper, glossy magazines, glass bottles and <br />jars, plastic #1 and #2 bottles, steel/tin and aluminum cans from single-family homes and small multifamily <br />complexes in urban and more densely populated, unincorporated areas in Orange County. <br />5 <br />