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3 7 • The key new.elements presented in the table for attachment 4 are the costs of additions and expansions to recycling programs and the resulting reductions in mixed waste disposal per capita achieved due to implementation of these programs (shaded sections). In order to show a more complete picture of solid waste management system costs, we have also included estimates of current collection costs for mixed waste, yard waste and bulky goods, and mixed waste disposal costs. A detailed description of the attached table's new system elements follows the table. We have shown a suggested level of service for each addition and expansion to the current recycling programs. Cost estimates in Attachment 4 are based on those projected levels of service. Program expansions include: • Enhanced urban residential recycling (new materials). This would include a two bin system with weekly collection for all types of paper in one bin and all types of cans and bottles in the other. Commingled recyclables would be sorted at a materials recovery facility instead of truckside as they are now. • Universal and enhanced rural residential recycling. This would include a two bin system as in urban residential recycling except with collection every other week. • Universal commercial recycling collection through either weekly commingled collection from office buildings, primarily in dumpsters but from some smaller businesses in carts. Source-separated glass and food waste collection would be undertaken from bars and restaurants where volume justified such service. Glass would be banned from commingled recycling due to its potential to contaminate other recyclables, especially paper. • Expanded and enhanced multifamily recycling collections to serve all multifamily complexes and add new materials. Each multifamily dumpster site would have recycling carts instead of the one-third of sites that now have recycling. • Additional non-regulatory waste prevention efforts including especially expanded education programs. • A materials recovery facility would be needed to process the materials and its annualized operating costs, including amortized capital, are included in the new system cost estimate. As indicated in attachment 4, implementation of the above additions would cost about an additional $2,050,000 per year and would collect and process an estimated additional 17,230 tons of materials. The cost per ton for handling the additional materials would be an average of$119 compared to an avearge cost of $152 per ton for current programs. Total costs for the new recycling system provided by Orange Community Recycling (OCR) would be around $3,575,000 for 25,577 tons of materials, or $140 per ton for collection and processing. We note that these system costs assume no net revenues from sale of recycled materials nor do the cost estimates ascribe those costs to any entity or entities. We have estimated that the additional waste diversion that results from implementation of the system described above and in the table could move us toward the already..adopted 5090 reduction in per capita mixed waste disposed when compared to our base year of 1988-89. This waste reduction does not include construction and demolition waste which accounts for around 1/3 of our waste stream.