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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: June 5, 1997 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. <br /> SUBJECT: Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan <br /> DEPARTMENT: Public Works PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) <br /> BUDGET AMENDMENT: (Y/N) <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> 5/28/97 LOG Memo -Framework for Solid Wilbert McAdoo, ext 2625 <br /> Waste Plan <br /> 3/26/97 LOG Memo -Integrated Solid Waste <br /> Management Plan TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> 5/28/97 LOG Memo -Waste Reduction Goals Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> Mebane 227-2031 <br /> PURPOSE: To consider approving a framework for implementation of an integrated solid waste <br /> management plan involving the County, and the Towns of Carrboro, Chapel Hill, and Hillsborough. <br /> BACKGROUND: At their meeting on May 28, 1997,the Landfill Owners' Group (LOG) <br /> adopted a resolution that endorses a framework for an integrated solid waste management plan, <br /> which includes elements for waste prevention, collection, and processing. The resolution, <br /> framework, and background material from the LOG meeting agenda are included at Attachment 1 <br /> (pages 3-6). <br /> The LOG requested that each of the four governing boards adopt this framework for Orange <br /> County's solid waste management plan and the plan which will be submitted to the State of North <br /> Carolina in July. Note that the framework refers to the need for a"processing facility to sort out the <br /> recyclables and make them market ready". Adoption of this framework would thus signal <br /> endorsement of plans to pursue some kind of materials recovery facility(MRF), although details <br /> about the exact capabilities, functions, and design of such a facility could be worked out later. <br /> Attachment 2 (pages 7-29) is an excerpt from the March 26, 1997 LOG meeting which summarizes <br /> the specific elements of the LOG recommended integrated solid waste plan, and some of the <br /> advantages, disadvantages, and waste diversion potential of some of these elements, as studied by <br /> the WESTON consulting firm. <br /> At the May 28 meeting,the LOG also took action to adopt new, higher overall solid waste reduction <br /> goals of 45%by 2001, and 61%by 2006 (compared to current goals of 33%and 50%, respectively). <br /> The decision to pursue these higher goals was related to information received from the State of <br /> North Carolina that solid waste reduction progress across the State would be measured against a <br />