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16 1 2 Solid Waste Future Initiatives 3 • Urban curbside converting to roll carts in June 2014 4 • Next - 1/2 of current rural curbside recycling to carts in fall 2014 5 • Continue modernization of Solid Waste Convenience Centers: 6 - Eubanks Road plan in progress, construction projected to begin FY 2014-15 7 - Walnut Grove district site expansion completed May 2014 8 • Continue to consider alternatives to Durham City Transfer Station 9 • Develop Interlocal Agreement on solid waste with Towns (ongoing) 10 • Evaluate commercial recycling expansion in 2015-16 11 • Develop formalized `buy recycled' policy; paper use reduction goal for County 12 government 13 • Achieve 61% waste reduction goal and set new higher goal. 14 15 Blair Pollack said the planning for Eubanks Road is going well, and staff just received 16 approval from the town of Chapel Hill to work though their administrative process rather than 17 going before the council, which should accelerate things. 18 He said to ignore the negative sign in the waste reduction. He said the waste reduction 19 went up. He said the state had 12 percent less waste per person landfilled, which is the metric 20 that is used. He noted that the County has much less waste then most other places in terms of 21 waste landfilled per capita, and this includes all types of waste. 22 Blair Pollack said he wanted to clarify the discussion about pounds recycled per capita, 23 where the County came in sixth versus being first in waste reduction. He said departmental 24 opinion is that measuring how much less you put in the ground is really the key measure of 25 success, and that has been the goal. He said the pounds recycled per capita are important, but 26 it does not capture some of the efforts. 27 Commissioner Dorosin asked if there is any measure of how much of the material going 28 into the single stream is not recyclable. 29 Blair Pollack said there are two components to that. He said when this goes to the 30 materials recovery center, their out throw rate is about 6 or 7 percent. He said it goes up when 31 you switch from multiple sorted to single stream, but the increased tonnage tends to trump the 32 increased residue. 33 Blair Pollack said staff believes that the early adopters of the roll carts will encourage 34 others to want them. 35 He said staff expects to have a draft interlocal agreement with the towns in May. 36 37 Wayne Fenton reviewed the following PowerPoint slides: 38 Asset Management Services 39 Chronology: 40 • June 2011 - Inaugural Utility and Fuel Conservation Report 41 - Established goals for reduction of: 42 • Energy (20% cumulative through FY15; additional 10% cumulative 43 through FY17), 44 • Water (5% cumulative through FY17); and 45 • Fuel (10% cumulative through FY15; additional 5% cumulative through 46 FY17) 47 - Established a baseline year (FY 2010) against which progress is measured 48 - Identified annual progress against goals 49 • October 16, 2012 - Inaugural Environmental Responsibility Goal progress report, 50 including second annual Utility and Fuel Conservation Report