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12 MEMORANDUM TO: Carrboro Mayor and Board of Aldermen Chapel Hill Mayor and Town Council Hillsborough Mayor and Town Board Orange County Board Chair and Commissioners FROM: Don Willhoit, Landfill Owners Group Chair DATE : June 13 , 1996 SUBJECT: Selecting an integrated solid waste management system At their May 18 meeting, the Landfill Owners Group established an outline of an integrated solid waste system for the member governments to consider. This outline is similar to the system pre-.-_ously selected by the Owners Group . The Owners Group requested that the member governments review the proposed system and recommend changes by July 1 . The Owners Group will receive comments at their July 11 meeting. The Owners Group requested that the local governments. do the following:- 1. Review the system as recommended and recommend any changes. 2 . Provide feedback and recommendations on selecting unit based pricing v. collection bans (mandatory recycling) coupled with differential landfill fees as the primary waste prevention strategy. We note that either of these strategies would be coupled with public education. 3 . Determine whether universal collection would be adopted for both recycling and solid waste collections county-wide or whether a system of convenience centers and laissez-faire private collections would be maintained in the unincorporated areas and for widespread commercial recycling. Summary This memorandum contains additional information on the Owners Group recommended system, unit-based pricing versus collection bans, and uni-rrsal collection which may be help_ ful in addressing the three items requested by the Owners Group. Backcround The preliminary, system selected by the Owners Group =ncludes the following: