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I Commissioner Price said this was a good program where neighbors were helping each 2 other, and experts were doing audits of the homes. 3 4 5. Solid Waste Issues 5 CFE Interest in the Direction the County Will Go In Handling Solid Waste; Support 6 of the `New Solid Waste Advisory Group (SWAG) 7 Jan Sassaman said when the Solid Waste Advisory Board (SWAB) phased out a couple 8 of years ago, a lot of the solid waste issues came before the CfE, and the group began to make 9 some recommendations. 10 He said at this point, given the changes that have happened and the formation of the 11 Solid Waste Advisory Group (SWAG), the CfE has an interest in understanding what the Board 12 is thinking and how the CfE can assist them. He suggested that a couple of the Commissioners 13 could attend the next CfE meeting to discuss this. 14 Chair Jacobs suggested that Commissioner Rich could give an update on where the 15 SWAG stands. 16 Commissioner Rich said the group has met several times, and they are still working on 17 an interlocal agreement. She said other issues will be prioritized after the interlocal agreement 18 is completed. She said it has been a very detailed process, and there will be some discussion 19 of finances at the next meeting. She said UNC and UNC Hospitals are at the table and seem 20 interested in partnering with them. 21 Chair Jacobs noted that a report will be given at the Assembly of Governments meeting 22 on November 14tH 23 24 CFE Interest in Diverting More Food Waste from the Solid Waste Stream Through 25 Composting (Attachment 5) 26 May Becker said the CfE Air and Energy Committee has put together a resolution 27 regarding diversion of solid waste food waste from the landfill, and they would like the Board of 28 County Commissioners to consider adopting this. She said the resolution specifically 29 addresses commercial food waste. 30 She asked the Board of County Commissioners to ask the solid waste department to 31 expand their commercial collection of organic food waste. She said a lot of the waste is being 32 trucked away, but a lot of the material is organic and can be re -used and treated so that it does 33 not occupy more space. She said this organic waste could be taken away from landfill and be 34 composted. She said there has not been a lot of controversy around this, and she asked the 35 Board to adopt this resolution. 36 Chair Jacobs said once the County gets past the recycling program discussion there is 37 an interest in discussing this in their work group. He said this is one of the low lying fruits in 38 solid waste, and he hopes the advisory group will tackle this. He said it is a breakthrough to 39 have the university partners at the table. 40 Commissioner Price said this gets back to the issue of education and awareness. She 41 said many commercial establishments are already using vendors to collect their food waste, 42 and this needs to be publicized more. She said this might make other farmers more interested 43 in moving this along. 44 Chair Jacobs said the chancellor is very interested in the idea of being a zero waste 45 university. 46 Commissioner Rich asked if anyone in this group attended the food council meeting. 47 She said if not, someone may want to contact them about participation on the proposed ad hoc 48 committee. . 49 Jan Sassaman expressed appreciation to the Board on behalf of the CfE for their 50 willingness to listen and provide input.