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ATTACHMENT 5 ORANGE COUNTY COMMISSION FOR THE ENVIRONMENT RESOLUTION Diversion of Food Waste WHEREAS, a significant percentage of the waste (generated within Orange County), which is currently deposited into the landfill is soon to be sent to a transfer station, is organic material that can be composted for valuable reuse; and WHEREAS, the Orange County Commission for the Environment together with the Chapel Hill Sustainability Committee hosted a Solid Waste Forum including consideration of means of minimizing waste at the source, maximizing re -use of waste, and efficient disposal of remaining waste; and WHEREAS, participants at the Solid Waste Forum recommended that Orange County prioritize expanding commercial composting programs and should implement programs for diversion of organic waste as soon as it becomes economically feasible; and WHEREAS, Approximately 2,000 tons of organic I waste are diverted from the local landfill each year by Orange County Solid Waste Management working with a local contractor to collect food waste and other compostable material from about 30 local restaurants, food - services, establishments, and grocery stores; and WHEREAS, the aforementioned program for collection of commercial food waste represents only a small percentage of the potential number of commercial establishments participating in Orange County; NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Orange County Commission for the Environment urges the Orange County Board of County Commissioners to expand commercial food -waste pickup and composting services, as currently serviced by an aforementioned private contractor, and that the Board of Commissioners allocate necessary staff time in Solid Waste Management in order to develop a workable program for such reduction in volumes of food waste delivered to the local landfill and future transfer station. This the 11th day of November, 2013. David Neal, Chair Orange County Commission for the Environment 12