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5 <br />Attachment A <br />Solid Waste Plan Framework for Orange County, North Carolina <br />The waste reduction plan framework for mixed solid waste includes: <br />Waste prevention: [The first three items below can be considered by County Solid <br />Waste Management Department through Orange Community Recycling. The last two -- <br />mandatory recycling and volume-based solid waste costs -could be enacted by the <br />individual local governments only.] <br />1. Public education -- increases in the amount, type and targeted audiences. <br />2. Differential landfill fees -- we have these in place now for yard waste, clean <br />wood waste and corrugated cardboard. Higher or lower fees could be applied. to other <br />materials to encourage their diversion from the landfill in favor of some type of <br />separation. <br />3. Non-economic incentives -- this includes all the other strategies for influencing <br />waste reduction such as the solid waste plans now required for new, non-residential <br />construction in Chapel Hill. <br />4. Mandatory recycling -- also known as collection bans, individual governments <br />could apply a variety of bans in each sector -- residential, commercial or apartments. <br />Some enforcement would be necessary for success. <br />5. Volume-based fees -- also known as pay-per-throw, treats solid Waste as a <br />utility. Under this approach, local governments. would set up a system of user fees under <br />which residents and businesses would pay for varying amounts of garbage collected. A <br />proper fee structure with good enforcement has proven to reduce waste in many other <br />communities. <br />RecyclablesCollection: <br />The original plan framework includes recommendation of weekly universal recycling <br />collection in incorporated areas for residential, commercial and apartments and also for <br />commercial recycling in unincorporated areas. For the unincorporated areas, the County <br />recommends continuation of biweekly curbside recycling in the relatively densely <br />settled subdivisions, combined with the system of sanitation sites such as now exist for <br />solid waste and recycling collection. Currently, there is. no universal commercial <br />recycling. That would be the biggest single new collection expense; it would also have <br />the greatest potential for increasing recycling. <br />