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1 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Action Agenda ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Item No VE Meeting Date: December 4, 1995 SUBJECT: Ordinance Restricting the Disposal of Corrugated Cardboard at the Orange County Landfill ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT Public Works PUBLIC HEARING YES NO x ------------------------------- BUDGET AMENDMENT REQUIRED YES NO x -------------------------------- ------------------------------- ATTACHMENT(S) INFORMATION CONTACT 10/19/95 LOG Resolution Wilbert McAdoo, ext 2625 Proposed Ordinance TELEPHONE NUMBER Proposed Resolution Hillsborough 732-8181 11/13/95 Chapel Hill Background Memo Chapel Hill 968-4501 Mebane 227-2031 Durham 688-7331 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- PURPOSE: To consider adopting: an ordinance imposing a ban on the disposal at the Orange County Landfill of recyclable corrugated cardboard from other than residential sources; and a resolution establishing a penalty fee for loads of solid waste containing prohibited cardboard. BACKGROUND: During the past several years, the Landfill Owners' Group (LOG) has considered a ban on the landfilling of recyclable corrugated cardboard at the Orange County Regional Landfill . At their October 19 meeting, the LOG adopted a resolution recommending that each governing board take action to implement a disposal ban, with associated penalty fees for violations, on recyclable corrugated cardboard from non- residential waste generators . The proposed penalty fees would be the greater of twice the tipping fee or $25, for each load in violation of the disposal ban. The attached staff memo from the Town of Chapel Hill provides additional background on the LOG' s work on the proposed cardboard ban. The ban would take effect immediately upon adoption by all member governments, with the penalty fees to be imposed beginning March 1, 1996 to allow for a period of public education and communication about the ban, and to allow for transition by generators to landfilling alternatives . The Towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro approved the ban and penalty fees at their meetings on November 13 and 21, respectively. The attached County ordinance and resolution would accomplish the actions recommended in the LOG' s October 19 resolution. RECOMMENDATION: The Manager recommends that the Board adopt the ordinance imposing the corrugated cardboard ban and approve the resolution imposing the penalty fees for violations of the ban.