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MEMORANDUM To: John Link, County Manager From: Gayle Wilson, Solid Waste Management Director Subject: Construction and Demolition Waste Recycling Task Force Report Date: August 24, 2000 At their August 15, 2000 meeting, the BOCC received a copy of the Construction and Demolition Waste Recycling Task Force report. The report contained: • a set of principles • a history of the task force meetings • a summary of recommendations • details of those recommendations, and • appended background materials on C&D recycling The report did not include an action plan or set priorities for the recommendations. The set of eleven specific recommendations included: • mandating separation of C&D waste for recycling • adoption of policies to implement the separation program • finding a location for C&D management • hiring a second recycling educator to focus on C&D • pursuing C&D recycling partnerships • diversion of inert debris • consideration of a used building materials retail center • addressing UNC C&D recycling possibilities • conducting acounty-wide-survey of abandoned mobile homes • promoting green building and deconstruction • urging implementation during the 2000-2001 fiscal year Action on some or all of these recommendations would involve a significant potential workload for Commissioners and staff. Given the extensive work carried out by this citizen task force, the potentially positive impacts that some of their recommendations could have on reducing the C&D waste stream, and the limited capacity remaining at Orange County's C&D landfill, I believe it would be fruitful and expedient for the BOCC to provide direction to staff at the August 30 work session regarding the Board's interest in and priorities for implementing recommendations in the Task Force report. I would recommend that we refrain from referring the Task Force report to the Solid Waste Advisory Board for a number of reasons: • the SWAB has an extensive workload of other pressing solid waste matters that need their attention; there has already been substantial, diverse citizen input into the development of C&D waste management recommendations through this task force process;