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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: June 26, 1996 <br /> SUBJECT: Discussion of Integrated Solid Waste Study Implementation <br /> Issues <br /> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- <br /> DEPARTMENT Public Works PUBLIC HEARING YES NO X <br /> ------------------------------- <br /> BUDGET AMENDMENT <br /> REQUIRED YES NO X <br /> -------------------------------- ------------------------------- <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) INFORMATION CONTACT <br /> 6/13/96 LOG Memo Wilbert McAdoo, ext 2625 <br /> 6/10/96 TJCOG Memo TELEPHONE NUMBER <br /> Solid Waste Collection Cost Comparison Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Chart Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br /> Mebane 227-2031 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- <br /> PURPOSE: To provide feedback to the Landfill Owners ' Group (LOG) <br /> concerning the views of the Board of Commissioners on a number of <br /> issues related to the integrated solid waste management plan <br /> implementation. <br /> BACKGROUND: At their May 18, 1996 meeting, the Landfill Owners ' Group <br /> requested that each governing board provide feedback to the LOG by the <br /> end of June concerning their views about several important <br /> implementation issues related to the integrated solid waste management <br /> plan. Specifically, the LOG asked that the Board of Commissioners <br /> provide comments at this point about : <br /> a) the overall solid waste management system studied by Weston, Inc . <br /> and recommended by the LOG. <br /> b) selecting unit-based pricing ("pay per throw") vs . collection bans <br /> (mandatory recycling) , coupled with differential landfill fees, as the <br /> primary waste prevention strategy. Public education would be coupled <br /> with either of these strategies. <br /> c) whether universal collection would be adopted for both recycling and <br /> solid waste collections county-wide, or whether a system of convenience <br /> centers and "laissez faire" private collections would be maintained in <br /> the unincorporated areas and for widespread commercial recycling. <br /> The attached LOG staff memo presents some of the advantages and <br /> disadvantages of various implementation issues, from the staff <br /> perspective. County staff prepared the chart on page 13 that <br /> compares some of the estimated costs associated with the current <br /> residential solid waste management system in unincorporated Orange <br /> x <br />