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Draft 2009-10 • Decided not to site a transfer station in Orange County within the next 3-5 years and County will deliver Municipal Solid Waste (MSV�under its control to Durham Transfer Station, • Sanitation Division to be fully incorporated into the Enterprise Fund beginning in FY 2010-11, • Added over fifty additional businesses to commercial can,bottle and paper recycling due to collection efficiency gains in prior year, • Took over Orange County Schools recycling,reducing school system program costs by$30,000 while increasing Solid Waste revenues, • Designed and put out for bid landfill gas system with UNC, � Added#2 and#5 non-bottle,rigid plastics to dropoff site recycling, • Completed business-to-business bag and film recycling pilot program resulting in reduced waste disposal costs for businesses and increased revenues in film and bags for recipients,presented results nationally, • Began use of electronic on-line advertising in local publications, • March 2010,took over management and brokering of urban curbside recycling materials from contractor, generating additional�$20,000 per month revenue for County, • Conducted fifth, every-five-year waste characterization study—i.e. 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005 and now 2010, (see Appendix D) � Reduced solid waste convenience center operating hours from six days per week(62 hours/week)to four days per week(43 hours/week), eliminated mattress disposal at centers and `free' landfill permits for residential waste, reduced use of one center to two days per week(21 hours)to save money, • Increased electronics recycling at a projected rate 30%over 2008-09 tonnage of 456 (which was our highest ever, exceeding the previous high in 2007-08 of 413 tons). • Added old media e.g. videotape, diskettes, cassettes to electronics recycling, • Added oyster shell recycling collection program at landfill. � Closed leachate collection pond and completed sewer line for leachate transport to wastewater treatment plant • Worked with Economic Development Department to investigate possibility for solar photovoltaic array to be constructed at closed Construction and Demolition(C&D)waste landfill on north side The table ES-1 below shows how much waste generated in Orange County was managed over the past two years.In mid-September 2008, Orange County stopped accepting MSW generated at LJNC to save landfill space. Over the previous five years, UNC had delivered an average of 5,200 tons per year of MSW to the Orange County Landfill. Most of the out-of-county waste destinations were the same in 2008-09 as reported in previous years, but waste sent to the Durham Transfer Station was notably lower at 439 tons in 2008-09 compared to the 1,277 reported in 2007-08. That shift represents well the concept of how mobile waste is based on the relative economics of disposal and who owns or controls the waste. The table below shows marked shift to use of out of county facilities from the prior year.Because all 9