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ORDINANCE REGULATING RECYCLABLE MATERIALS AND LICENSING THE COLLECTION OF <br />REGULATED RECYCLABLE MATERIAL IN ORANGE COUNTY <br />SECTION I. FINDINGS. Orange County, North Carolina does hereby find that: <br />Orange County has heretofore adopted Ordinances governing the storage, <br />transportation, and recycling of solid waste within the unincorporated sections <br />of Orange County; and <br />Orange County owns and operates solid waste management facilities as a <br />public enterprise to protect the citizens of Orange County and the environmental <br />health both within the unincorporated areas of the County and within the <br />municipalities in Orange County; and <br />Orange County, Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Hillsborough, and Mebane have <br />heretofore adopted and followed separate Ordinances for the regulation of solid <br />wastes within their respective jurisdictions; and <br />Siting and permitting of construction and demolition landfills and <br />sanitary landfills has become increasingly difficult; the disposal of solid <br />waste and construction and demolition waste has become increasingly more <br />expensive; and construction and demolition waste continues to be disposed of <br />through open burning, adding to the increasing air pollution problem within the <br />County; and <br />Units of local government are charged by the legislature in N.C.G.S. § <br />130A- 309.09A(b) to make a good faith effort to achieve the State's forty percent <br />(40 %) municipal solid waste reduction goal by the year 2006; and <br />Orange County has committed itself to recycling recyclable materials, <br />including construction and demolition waste, as part of its own solid waste <br />reduction goal of 61W by the year 2006; and <br />Construction and demolition waste constitutes approximately one -third <br />(1/3) of the overall solid waste stream delivered to the Orange County Landfill, <br />at least fifteen percent (15 %) of which is readily recoverable for purposes of <br />recycling, secondary- market salvage, or re- integration into existing or <br />subsequent projects; and <br />Orange County has the legal authority under State law, including but not <br />limited to N.C.G.S. § 153A -136, § 153A -445, and § 130A- 309.09B. to enact <br />regulations with respect to the disposal of solid waste including recyclable <br />material land a ear_ing— debris that is net seld as timber er ehipped fer use <br />eesite er sale, and to provide reasonable penalties and other provisions for the <br />enforcement thereof, <br />NOW THEREFORE be it ordained by Orange County as follows: <br />SECTION II. PURPOSE AND APPLICATION. <br />The purpose of this Ordinance is to regulate the storage, collection, <br />transportation, use, disposal and other disposition of regulated recyclable <br />material in Orange County. This Ordinance is adopted pursuant to the authority <br />contained in N.C.G.S. §§ 153A -121, 123, 132.1, 136, 274 -278, 291 -293, 445, and <br />N.C.G.S. §§ 130A- 309.01- 309:08, 309.09A, 309.09B, 309.09C, 309.09D. Unless <br />otherwise indicated, this Ordinance pertains to all solid waste activity in <br />Orange County. <br />