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e s• c Regardless of the outcome of the landfill search process, all the local governments in the County are committed to significant waste reduction through implementation of the plan elements adopted to reach 45% and 61% reduction. ' We anticipate that our three year update will show significant progress. Overview of the Plan Report The attached comprehensive solid waste plan contains plans prepared by the Solid Waste Management Department of the Town of Chapel Hill (hereinafter Solid Waste Department) and the member governments of the Orange Regional Landfill Owners Group including the Towns of Carrboro, Chapel Hill and Hillsborough and Orange County. The governments designated the Solid Waste Department as the lead agency in plan preparation and submittal of the plan. (See Appendix 1) A separate report prepared by the University of North Carolina Office of Waste Reduction and Recycling is also included. While that report does not strictly follow the format of the local government reports it contains most of the required information on, tonnage managed. The Owners Group recommended that the four governments adopt solid waste reduction goals of 45% per capita by 2001 and 61%per capita reduction by 2006 when compared with a base year of 1991-92. (see Appendix 2). According to the State of North Carolina, waste per capita was reduced by 37% by the end of 1995-96 fiscal year when compared with the base year of 1991-92. All four governments participated in a county-wide integrated solid waste plan process that began in 1993 with development of a scope of work and culminated in 1997 with adoption of a framework of a plan for meeting the established solid waste reduction goals they adopted. (See Appendix 3) The integrated planning process addressed changes in waste prevention,collection and processing. Future plans for final disposal are not determined at this time but will be addressed in the body of the plan under item 5h. This report contains separate solid waste plans prepared by each of the four local governments and reviewed by the Solid Waste Department staff. The governmental reports cover primarily existing collection activities by each government and contain their full cost analyses for waste management. The Solid Waste Department wrote sections 1, 2,3,4,5 for all areas except refuse collection(5b) and that composting(5d) undertaken by each government. e.g. leaf mulching in Carrboro and brush collection in Hillsborough. The individual governments wrote section 6 and 7 and included literature they distribute to the public on solid waste.The Solid Waste Department wrote section 6a education in the community and the schools and section 6d for the Town of Chapel Hill. The Solid Waste Department also wrote section 7 for the landfill and recycling. Section 8 was written by the Solid Waste Department with assistance from the various governments. This section describes existing private activities as well as opportunities that were considered over the past decade by the governments and the Landfill Owners Group for privatization of services. H