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Construction and Demolition Waste After establishment of the County's nationally unique Regulated Recyclable Material Ordinance (RRMO) in 2002-03,the County, in 2005, opened a new C&D landfill of 13 acres on land the County purchased adjoining the current landfill site to the west. The volume of C&D waste fell almost 50%following implementation of the RRMO; due to rigorous waste regulations and higher tipping fees,waste moved out of County to licensed and inspected waste sorting facilities that picked out what the County required—wood, metal and cardboard. The C&D waste buried in Orange County has now fallen to about 1/3 of its former volume, totaling only 10,992 in FY 2008-09 with an additiona16,410 tons going out of County for burial or processing. About 3,500 tons of bulky wastes that were formerly buried with C&D were shifted to the MSW landfill in 2008-09. The annual C&D burial rate for 2009-10 is 7,741 tons, down an additional 26%. Thus the C&D landfill is now projected to last about 18 years. Ta61e ES-3 Tonnages & Destinations of C&D from Orange Co 2007-08 v. 2008-09 Year Landfilled in- Landfilled out- Clean wood, Recycled at mixed Total County of-County scrap metal and waste processing (est.) cardboard facilities 2007-08 16,756 6,984 2,346 797 (est.) 26,887 (est.) 2008-09 10,992 6,410 2,200 1,593 21,195 In-County C&D waste continues to decline, further reducing system revenues while providing needed local services that serve especially smaller builders and remodelers. Tonnage could increase somewhat when the construction sector of the economy recovers. The County continues field enforcement and education about the RRMO, conducting solid waste plan reviews, as well as taking the lead generally in investigation of illegal dumping and burning complaints throughout the County in conjunction with law enforcement agencies and the Fire Marshall. Disposal rates for single-wide mobile homes are on the increase as older trailers come out of service. In 2010-11County staffmay consider development of a plan for managing abandoned manufactured homes. Financin�of Solid Waste and Recyclin�Programs Revenues for Orange County's Solid Waste management operation has changed somewhat over the past two years, but the foundations are the same. Landfill tipping fees, mulch,wood and scrap metal sales revenue, a variety of grants and some interest income fund the landfill portion of the operation including management of white goods,tires,yard waste, clean wood, scrap metal,the equipment maintenance shop,the scalehouse, environmental enforcement and half of environmental support services(administration). The 3-R(reduction,reuse and recycling) Fees and some recycling revenues now fully support recycling programs and another major portion of the environmental support services. A combination of general fund contributions and direct payments from the County school system for waste collection services have supported the Solid Waste Convenience Center Operations, some of the schools and government buildings waste 6