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2 • Landfill Closes (June 30, 2013?) • Construction - 182 days (regulations require closure construction to be completed within 6 months from last day of receiving waste) Engineering estimates indicate a Municipal Solid Waste Landfill closure cost of about $3,116,720. A minimum 30-year post-closure period would result in post-closure monitoring, maintenance and reporting cost of about $4,824,555. Additional closure and post-closure cost for the Construction & Demolition (C&D) Landfill is estimated at about $4,025,326, for a total closure and post-closure estimate of $11,966,601. As of June 30, 2011 the total liabilities of solid waste fund was $16,999,996, including capital lease and debt obligations, post- employment health care obligations, and compensated absences. As of June 30, 2011 total Solid Waste Fund cash reserves are $12,941,892. The Solid Waste enterprise fund, without considering the sale of any assets, is about $4,058,104 short of meeting all long-term liabilities. Landfill Utilization by Towns & County - FY 2010/11 The proportional use of the landfill (tons of municipal solid waste) by the Towns and County are as follows: Carrboro - 6,650 19 Chapel Hill - 15,008 42 Hillsborough - 3,185 9 County - 10,497 30 Total 35,340 Single Stream Rec~/clina County and Town elected officials have for several years expressed interest in moving to single stream recycling collection. The Solid Waste Planning Work Group, the Solid Waste Advisory Board and various individual county residents have also advocated this change. Consistent with the adopted Fiscal 2011/12 Solid Waste Budget, Orange County recycling programs are now planned to transition to single stream recycling by July 2012. This change will be implemented for all county recycling programs -Rural Curbside, Urban Curbside, Solid Waste Convenience Centers, Multi-family, Commercial, Schools, etc. Single stream recycling is the practice of comingling all recyclable materials (paper and containers) together for collection rather than separating containers from paper (normally referred to as dual stream). There may be some slight variations among programs as discussed in the attached memorandum to the County Manager. An example of the efficiencies gained by the switch to single stream is best illustrated by the expected reduction in contract cost in the Urban Curbside program. The current cost to the County for this collection is $4.17 per household per month resulting in a Fiscal Year 2011-12 budget of $931,395 for this service. Once the landfill switches to single stream collection, the costs is expected to be between $3.00 and $3.75 per household per month. Using the current population, if the cost is as high as $3.75 per household per month, the contract cost could be as low as $823,500 per year. Roll carts may be incorporated into the collection cost or bid separately, depending on which is most economical.