Agenda - 01-20-1998 - 10a - Laserfiche WebLink

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~IE1~tOR.aNDUM TO: FROM: SUBJECT: DATE: lVtayor and Council W. Calvin Horton, Town Manager Funding of Construction and Demolition Waste Reduction Programs with An Increase in Construction and Demolition tiVaste Landfill Tipping Fee ---e--~? ~ , This memorandum proposes that the Council, with the concurrence of Orange County and the Town of Carrboro, increase the proposed tipping fee for construction and demolition wastes at the Orange Regional Landfill from its current level of X33 per ton to S35 per ton. The additional revenues would support programs to enforce regulation of the solid waste plan ordinance and to salvage .reusable and recyclable construction and demolition waste at the landfill. The attached resolution would authorize the Manager to begin to implement these programs. BaCKGROUND On June 9, the Chapel Hill Town Council adopted a goal of reducing the total amount of solid waste landfilled: • by 45% per person in Orange County by 2001 (compared to 1991-92) and • by 61 % by ?006 compared to 1991-92, (sea attachment 1). The programs described in this memorandum for reducing construction and demolition waste would assist in meeting those overall goals. As part of the overall waste reduction goals, reduction of construction and demolition waste could be achieved through a combination of regulating construction waste, salvaging usable materials from the landfill and using landfill fees to create economic incentives to separate materials. The Owners Group endorsed this approach at their May 28 meeting. (see attachment). They also endorsed funding these programs through a construction and demolition waste reduction fee attacaed to the building permits issued throughout the County. The recommended programs would : AGEWA T3k ~ _ G.- • salvage reusable or recyclable materials from the construction and demolition materials section of the landfill and - -