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Appendix E Waste Reduction Calculation for Orange County NC <br /> Original ten year plan reduction and goal for FY 2001-2002 45%per capita <br /> Original ten year waste reduction goal for FY 2009-10 61%per capita <br /> After considering your government's current and projected solid waste activities resources <br /> population and economic growth will the FY 2009-10 goal change.NO but the date of the goal <br /> has been rescinded. There is no year for the goal to be met. <br /> Why? Primarily because the various local governments have not determined a timeline for <br /> implementing an integrated solid waste plan. The County has been making steady progress <br /> towards its goal, achieving 48%in 2006-07, 50%reduction in 2007-08 and 54.2%in 2008-09. <br /> CALCULATING and SETTING A NEW 2018-19 SOLID WASTE REDUCTION GOAL <br /> FY 2008-09 tonnage landfilled MSW <br /> Ori in of Waste Tons in 08-09 Comments <br /> MSW landfilled in Orange County 50,760 L1NC stops waste delivery iri Sept <br /> 2008, MSW in 08-9 include;s 3,486 <br /> tons of bulky items from SV�JCCs <br /> mostly, formerly classified��s C&D. <br /> C&D landfilled in Orange County 10,992 Includes LCID,mobile homes,water <br /> plant alum sludge <br /> MSW landfilled outside Orange County 15,227 Reported to State DENR by other <br /> facilities based on hauler re�orting <br /> C&D landfilled outside Orange County 6,410 Excludes C&D recycled at rvlWPs <br /> Total tons Reported as disposed from 83,389 Does NOT 1NCLUDE TON S <br /> Orange County RECYCLED AT Mixed Waste <br /> Processors(MWPs) <br /> Tota1 Tons Calculated as Disposed 80,864 Does include tons recycled.�t MWPs <br /> and this is the tonnage used for the <br /> official waste reduction calc;ulation <br /> Waste per capita (pop= 129,296) 0.625ons Base year 1.36 tons/capita-- <br /> 2008-09 Waste Reduction Rate: 54% <br /> v. 2007-08 rate @ SO%per•capita <br /> Establish a FY 2018-19 per capita waste reduction goal by determining <br /> FY 2018-19 population projection 147,436 (from State census data) x per capita estimate for that <br /> year of 0.625 tons, assuming no further waste reduction from FY 2008-09 = 92,148 tons <br /> FY 2018-19 population projection 147,436 x per capita estimate(0.53 tons) projected goa.l in <br /> tons = 78.141 tons <br /> Projected additional tonnage to be managed via recycling, reduction, composting, etc,no't <br /> landfilled to meet 61% goal in that year= 14,007 tons <br /> —end Appendix E— <br /> 77 <br />