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PLANNING ELEMENTS , <br /> NC LOCAL GOVERNMENT 10 YEAR SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN <br /> PLANNING YEARS 2008 through 2018 <br /> Check appropriate element <br /> Reduction Disaster Response Illegal Disposal/Litter Disposal Collection <br /> Transfer outside geographic Education with community& Collection of Computer Equipment and Purchasing Recycled Special Waste <br /> area through school Televisions Products <br /> ✓Composting and Mulching Incineration witt�/without energy Management of Abandoned Manufactured Recycling and Reuse <br /> recovery Homes i <br /> COMPLETED ACTIONS INCOMPLETE ACTIONS NEW/REVISED ACTIONS <br /> KEY ACTIONS KEY ACTIONS WHY INCOMPLETET KEY ACTIONS DATE DUE ESTIMATED TONS <br /> DIVERTED IN IOTH YEAR <br /> County continues to accept Program is fully Permitting requirements Further waste Next solid waste plan Commercial compostable <br /> source separated yard waste operational for for composting facilities reduction measures update in 2012 tonnage could be up to 2,000 <br /> and clean wood waste for yard waste and are more onerous than for could include to 3,000 more tons(1/4 to 1/3 <br /> grinding,mulching and sale clean wood waste. mulching facilities and expanding food waste of food and wet paper <br /> as finished mulch or boiler Yard waste by there is adequate coverage collection to more remaining in the commercial <br /> fuel or feedstock for colored state law and clean by private sector under commercial waste stream. ! <br /> mulch.� 10,000 TPY in. wood waste by contract to collect& customers and � <br /> County collects over 2,200 County ordinance. process commercial food residential organics Residential tonnage could be <br /> tons of food waste from No action has been waste.Current hauler collection combined another 2,000 to 3,000 tons <br /> businesses&institutions to taken to consider could collect more with with containerized (1/4 to 1/3 of residential food, <br /> divert for composting with expanding greater funding,but yard waste collection. other organics and wet paper) <br /> private contractor and sells programs to funding is now remaining in the residential <br /> compost from contractor include collection constrained by budget Neither item is part of waste stream. Some could be <br /> �1,000 tpy. from other sectors considerations. the near term solid diverted to backyard <br /> County conducted annual or processing other waste plan composting <br /> backyard compost bin sale organics on site. Further the current site is consideration <br /> for twelve years,now sells constrained physically and <br /> discounted bins permanently politically from expanding <br /> from office. Over 1,000 sold its solid waste operation. <br /> last FY. I <br /> County staff conducts several Any residential collection � <br /> backyard comopsting and of organics would be � <br /> vermicomposting workshops combined with yard waste. <br /> annually for adults,schools, That would require <br /> town employees,farmer's containerized collection& <br /> markets,etc. a local processing facility. <br /> Towns and Solid Waste Neither is being <br /> Convenience Centers all considered in the near <br /> collect residential yard waste term. <br /> at no charge for delivery to <br /> Coun landfill <br /> PLANNING ELEMENTS <br /> 82 <br />