Amendment Grant for baler on 02-01-2011to Contract #4119

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Attachment A Amd 1 DENR Contract 4119 Detailed Description of Proposed Graat Proiect The original grant proposal submitted in March 2011 was for two projects, with a Part A for the shingle recycling rolloffs and part B for the horizontal baler with in -feed conveyor. This is a revised proposal to request that all grant funds be used for purchase of the baler as the shingle project is not feasible at this time for Orange County due to fiscal and workload constraints. We do intend to reconsider shingle recycling in the future. The baler is needed to replace existing unsafe, inefficient and inadequate equipment and will be readily integrated into the existing operation making it safer, quicker and more efficient. The County can provide all necessary matching funds as part of the current solid waste budget for FY 2011 -12. This project is to expand and improve efficiency in recyclable baling operation Detailed Description of Project Orange County currently bales mixed paper and rigid [non- bottle] plastics, separately, at the recycling operations area at the Orange County landfill. To do this we use an Orange County -owned vertical baler and a leased horizontal baler. Neither of these machines is ideal for the materials we are handling. Considerable manual labor is required when baling, and the resultant bales, particularly the rigid plastics bales, are light and this limits the county's ability to efficiently ship and market this material. To improve operational efficiency and safety, and to increase the options for marketing rigid plastics, Orange County proposes to purchase a new horizontal baler. While we will no longer bale large amounts of mixed paper as we are converting to single stream in 2012 -13, the newer, better baler will be more efficient and faster for those materials we will bale. This new baler will be installed in the location currently occupied by the leased horizontal baler and the county - owned vertical baler. The horizontal baler will be returned to its owner, saving Orange County $3,000 each year, and the vertical baler will be modified and installed in our electronics recycling facility for baling computer plastics also improving efficiency for hauling and handling those materials. The proposed new baler will create a safer work environment for employees. It will have a higher loading height as opposed to the current process in which employees push material down into to the hopper which is a more dangerous configuration with greater potential for accidents. Orange County anticipates that this new baler will save considerable money on labor, and the County may be able to market the rigid plastics for greater revenue due to heavier bale weight or at least make fewer trips to market, saving fuel and labor. If the County decides to continue to collect paper from government building separately from cans and bottles, we will also consider baling this paper for more efficient transport to market and potentially better pricing. 2