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Draft The Town of Hillsborough has continued its contractual obligation for its franchised non- residential hauler,Waste Industries,to deliver waste from Hillsborough to the County landfill as part of the renewed agreement with Waste Industries. The Towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro deliver waste they collect to the landfill, but other private haulers operating in those jurisdictions are currently under no such obligation. Some of the waste they collect,primarily from the non- residential sector is delivered to Orange County,while an increasing fraction goes to other area transfer stations or landfills.In September 2008,UNC,by mutual consent,began sending its waste out of County to a private transfer station operated by its contract hauler to conserve landfill space. While UNC is not a signatory to the interlocal agreement nor as of September 2008, does it any longer deliver waste to the landfill, it continues to be a participant in solid waste activity through its presence on the Solid Waste Advisory Board,the joint landfill gas project, as a recipient of County-provided collection services that divert over 900 tons of food waste and lab animal bedding from landfilling and informal ongoing cooperation between the educational and outreach arm of the County Solid Waste Department and the University's Office of Waste Reduction and Recycling. Privately collected waste in the unincorporated areas is generally assumed to go elsewhere as haulers currently have no obligation to bring it to Orange County although they are licensed by the County. Typically where hauling routes end on the fringe of the County,private haulers take advantage of lower tipping fees elsewhere. Those with their own landfill or transfer station go there. Telephone surveys with the two largest private haulers operating in the County confirm this.Micro-haulers defined as those with fewer than 500 customers tend to use the Orange County landfill generally but those in the northeast portion of the County report using the Durham Transfer Station or the private MSW lined landfill in Person County near Roxboro.Both facilities are cheaper for them, closer to their respective customer bases and do not have the extensive environmental ordinances that they are subject to in Orange County. The Solid Waste Advisory Board consisting of eight formally appointed citizens members,two each selected by the four jurisdictions plus an ex-officio member from LJNC, offers ongoing policy guidance and comment on staffwork. They also provide recommendations and ideas to the BOCC on solid waste matters.Each set of two SWAB members also periodically reports back to their respective jurisdictional elected bodies on matters affecting them such as the County's overall solid waste management plan. With the re-examination of the current Interlocal Agreement,the future of the SWAB is somewhat uncertain. RRMO as a model of intergovernmental coo erp ation As the Regulated Recyclable Materials Ordinance(RRMO) and Solid Waste planning requirements have strengthened and matured over the eight years since its inception, each of the jurisdictions has formalized its means of informing the Couniy of permitted construction or demolition projects within its boundaries and collecting solid waste plan fees for the County's effort. Through ordinance and formal agreements,the various jurisdictions now provide notification and allow plan review of new construction and demolition to ensure adherence to the County's mandate to recycle wood,metal and cardboard as well to ensure the new or substantially renovated projects provide adequate, accessible outdoor storage space for recyclables to be collected. 40