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2 26 Attachment 4 The information presented below summarizes all known costs of the existing solid waste system, the cost of proposed additions to the system, assuming expansions to recycling collections and processing and a total system cost adding the existing and proposed new system. 1. Cost of Existing System A. Recycling Collection Costs Recycling collection costs were calculated by adding the costs of Orange Community Recycling collection programs with landfill program costs including tires, white goods and mulch. Municipal leaf and yard waste collection costs, where known, are shown. University of North Carolina stated collection costs and estimated private system costs based on municipal costs and known contract costs are shown separately. All recycling collection costs are assumed to include processing costs since contracts with private collectors do not include an explicit fee for processing and most materials are collected source-separated. B. Solid Waste Collection Costs Cost of the existing solid waste collection system were calculated by adding the costs of all the municipal and county solid waste collection budgets including estimates for fuel costs and amortized capital. Separate collection costs are shown that include the University of North Carolina's stated solid waste costs, the North Carolina Hospital's stated solid waste costs and estimates of private sector solid waste costs based on hauling costs of municipalities and statements from private haulers about their costs. C. Landfill Costs for Municipal Solid Wastes The costs for landfilling municipal solid waste include all landfill operating costs and annual contributions to various funds including equipment, land and liner reserves. A cost of$16 per ton for construction and demolition waste is subtracted from landfill operation costs based on past calculations of the cost of operating the construction and demolition waste portion of the Ian--`ill coupled with an estimated value of space consumed for construction and demolition wastes. Costs for tires, white goods, mulch and all other recycling costs are not included in the estimated cost of landfilling municipal solid waste. ll. Cost of proposed new recycling systems. A cost of waste prevention waste estimated including personnel and education and outreach. No specific implementation costs were shown for either collection bans or volume based fee systems since it is assumed that local governments will implement them. For each sector, we averaged the cost and tonnage diversion of the minimum diversion system shown in WESTON's study with an estimate developed by the staff. All subsectors were summed and additions to the education and prevention budget were included. A. Prevention Increased waste prevention efforts include an implementation specialist, especially for expansion into the commercial sector, a landfill inspector to enforce any differential fees implemented and manage other materials and an increase in the education and outreach budget.