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13 5 In. addition to the improvements in .efficiency, this change in operation would have the added benefit to Orange County of being able to test the market for private transferring and processing capability on a small scale before any large investment in transfer or processing capability had to be considered. As a pilot project, this effort could last up to eighteen -twenty-four months, at which time, the County programs would have the opportunity to expand their scope by including materials from the urban curbside program and possibly other materials that might come from UNC or from expansion of other recycling efforts, such as broader commercial pragraxns. In addition, it would provide an opportunity to expediently accommodate program expansions or bans, should the BOCC determine are necessary to extend landfill capacity. Other transferring and processing options can be more thoroughly evaluated during this time, with less pressure for making decisions while other important solid waste considerations such as transfer station siting, loom larger. ' All proposed Phase I processing pad site improvements could be made using the current budget and current staffing. Benefits of Processing and Hauling Improvements: • Fewer truck trips hauling more materials . • Delays necessity to decide an in-county MRF • Significant gains in hauling efficiency • Allows conversion to dual stream collection for barlrestaurant and drop-offprograms • Processing improvements involve only existing facilities and require minimal costs Recommendation The Solid Waste Plan Work Group recommends that the Board of Orange County Commissioners authorize staff to proceed with the development of a detailed cost analysis and implementation plan for the proposed system to enable commingled collection of drop-off site and commercial program cans and bottles and combining those materials with the currently commingled materials from rural curbside and multifamily programs to ship them out to private processors. Should the BOCC have interest in program expansions presented in the February 5, 2008 Information Report regarding extending landfill life, the analysis could also include these issues. The system, as conceived, would include the following elements: • Public education campaign to change usage of drop-off site containers to mix all cans and bottles (as is done in curbside bins or multifamily carts now), ® Conversion of 120+ commercial can and bottle sites from source-separation to carnrningled collection of cans and bottles (and addition of mixed paper collection at these locations), • Modification of existing processing pad's doors, construction of push wall. and improved turning areas at the current recycling processing pad, 5