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. <br /> its income by over$20,000 a month. These two changes have provided unanticipated revenue <br /> that may be used to enable more internal fmancing of recycling services at convenience centers <br /> using the 3-R Fee revenues while stabilizing other existing recycling program funding using <br /> these new revenues. <br /> Various waste reduction and recycling programs have matured and continued to grow. The <br /> County's hazardous waste program,known as the Toxic Reduction Improvements Program or <br /> T.R.I.P.has added recovery of old media like diskettes,videotape and audio cassettes this year to <br /> the existing collection of conventional Hazardous Household Wastes, automotive fluids, filters <br /> and batteries collection from Convenience Centers and the electronics program at Convenience <br /> Centers and the Landfill, Tonnage increased from 595 in 06-07 to 703 in 07-08 and 733 in 08-09, <br /> a 23%increase. Further 18%increase is projected for FY 2009-10. (See table 3-c below) <br /> Curbside recycling tonnage from both rural and urban curbside programs dropped slightly in <br /> 2008-09 compared to the previous year despite modest program size growth. It is projected to <br /> fall again in 2009-10 for urban,but increase slightly for rural. We believe the tonnage decrease <br /> was due primarily to recessionary pressure resulting in reduced size and number of papers, <br /> magazines,junk mail, etc and continued lightweighting of containers rather than any decline in <br /> citizen participation. Multifamily tonnage surprisingly increased 4% in 2008-09 then is <br /> projected to fall this year while the number of units served remained stable. Commercial tonnage <br /> increased 20%due primarily to program expansion. Then will dip slightly in 2009-10 (Table 3-c) <br /> due possibly to an overall decline in sales and related economic activity. <br /> Table 3-b Rec clin Tonna e from Multi-Family and Curbside Pro rams 2007-2010 <br /> Program Tonnage 08-09 %Change. 09-101 Percent change <br /> 2007-08 Vs. 07-08 <br /> Urban Curb 4,738 4,516 -5% 4,121 -9% <br /> Rural Curb 1,843 1,784 -3% 1,818 2% <br /> Multifamily 1,240 1,294 4% 1,301) 1% <br /> The Toxic Reduction Improvements Program(TRIP), as shown below, continues to grow with <br /> changing technology and expanding awareness of hazardous waste disposal services,particularly <br /> in the small business sector. A slightly increased diversion rate of 1 in hazardous and toxic <br /> wastes, largely in electronics and dry cell batteries, is calculated for the year <br /> 33 <br />