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2 <br />GLASS ~tE~CVC~ING <br />IVY C®u <br />County Solid Waste Management Department, was recognized by the <br />GPI Clear Choice Awards for "Outstanding Sustainable Practices." <br />This distinction is a result of Orange County's commercial recycling <br />program, which now serves over 140 businesses with source-separated collection of glass <br />bottles and jars, metal ,cans, plastic bottles, and mixed paper. <br />"It's through the hard work of those businesses, the emplayees of those businesses, and the <br />employees of the recycling program that Orange County's recycling programs are a success," <br />said Robert Taylor, Recycling Programs Manager, Orange Community Recycling Division of the <br />Orange County Solid Waste Management Department, who accepted the award. In operation <br />since 1992, the program collects over 640 tons annually, about 400 of which are glass. <br />Program services provided by Orange County include a set of 95 gallon roll-off carts at each <br />site, bi-lingual labels with pictures, regular collection, which is mostly weekly, education and <br />outreach, periodic public recognition of program participants in targeted print advertisements, <br />articles, community presentations and an annual letter to each participant. The program is <br />financed primarily through the County's universal recycling fee charged to all improved <br />properties. <br />Many participants use shared sites that present their own challenges with anonymous <br />contamination. Feedback to the participants via the collectors through management staff is <br />continuous and the program continues to expand to meet community demands and the new <br />North Carolina state law mandating that all those establishments holding liquor licenses must <br />recycle their beverage containers. <br />C®rromerci~9 RecyclirDg Pr®gram Gets Rec®graized <br />' ~ Orange Community Recycling, a division of North Carolina's Orange <br />