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4 <br /> Discussion <br /> Ordinance on Regulated Recyclable Waste Materials <br /> Staff has developed a draft ordinance that mandates source-separation of recyclable <br /> materials, licenses haulers of those materials and prohibits burning of solid waste.A <br /> memorandum from the County Attorney and a copy of the ordinance are attached. <br /> The ordinance(attachment#1) states that those regulated recyclable materials must be <br /> separated at the point of generation,which is typically a construction or demolition site. <br /> There are provisions for licensing haulers and for requiring permits and plans for certain <br /> construction projects. Additionally,when and if loads of C&D waste reach Orange <br /> County's landfill,they must meet the separation requirements applying to wood,metal, <br /> drywall and other regulated recyclable materials. Penalties include revocation of licenses <br /> and civil/criminal remedies. <br /> Construction and Demolition Waste Composition and Potential Diversion Impact on <br /> Waste Reduction Goals <br /> The readily recyclable fraction of unpainted, untreated solid wood,pallets, unpainted <br /> drywall, inert debris and scrap metal, excluding reusable furniture and other goods, is <br /> estimated at 60%of the 31,000 tons landfilled annually or 18,700 tons per year. Without <br /> inert debris, the potentially recyclable fraction is 28%or 8,600 tons. (NOTE: Inert Debris <br /> estimates average includes shingles in some calculations. If shingles are removed, <br /> estimated at 10%of C&D)then estimate falls from 70%to 60%. )If reliable long-term <br /> markets are developed for roofing shingles and carpeting the potentially recyclable <br /> fraction could rise another 12%to 72%of total waste. (Table 1,next page). <br /> Not all of the recyclable fraction would be easily recoverable. We estimate that in a <br /> mature recycling and waste reduction program, about 90%of the readily recyclable <br /> fraction could be recovered or 7,800 tons,without inert debris. (Four years after <br /> implementing the landfill ban on non-residential recyclable corrugated cardboard, over <br /> 95%of that corrugated cardboard is now removed from the MSW waste stream <br /> according to the most recent waste sort data) According to the State of North Carolina <br /> that potentially recyclable fraction represents 8 percent of the 97,299 tons of total waste <br /> recorded as having been disposed from Orange County in 1998-99. If this additional <br /> 7,800 tons of recyclable waste had.been recycled or otherwise diverted from landfilling <br /> during that year, Orange County's measured waste reduction percentage would have <br /> increased to 40% from 34%when compared to the base year of 1991-92. Our goal for <br /> 2001 is 45%waste reduction per capita. <br /> 4 <br />