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The county has not passed an enabling ordinance for this program. Secondly, the county's regulations do not address scavenging in the boxes, This has become increasingly frequent in the last year. 'Enforcement of all phases of the program is legislatively vague. G. The county decided not to serve trailer parks with the program. The state considers trailer parks as commercial establishments and requires them to furnish trash removal. Many trailer parks have either constant or inter- mittent trash removal problems. Tenants either use the green boxes or start illegal dumps. The health department regularily receives complaints about this. R. Boxes near the Durham County.or Alamance county lines are regularly used by out-of--county residents. 1. Small private trash haulers often use the boxes to save the expense of driving to the landfill and the dumping fee. J. The growth pattern of the county population is not being used in green box program planning. Recommendations A. Allocate sufficient resources so the program can have the services of a manager, experienced in this area, full time for the next six months and half time after that. Successful programs of this size around the state have the common characteristic of this much management time, at a ninimum. B. Restrict the 4 cubic yard green box program to the low population density areas of the county. Small boxes should not be placed closer than 2 miles from an urban fringe area. This is in accord with research and state recommendations. The small box sites should be well prepared. Access, safety, environmental impact, odor, rodents, flies and littering must be controlled. The boxes should be cleaned, disinfected, repaired and painted regularly. The county should train and assist persons who allow boxes on their property and volunteer to watch them. Many such persons have justifiably developed hostility and skepticism towards this program and the county's capacity to run it. Considerable effort will be required to live down these feelings. It is unrehsonable for the county to expect, for instance, the convenience store owner to spend money to provide a proper site. This is the county's responsibility and should be budgeted for.C. Establish a 40 cubic yard green box program fo; the urban fringe areas. it is essential that the county own or have long term use of these sites, they be well designed, traffic safety maximized, fenced, lighted, of mini- mized negative environmental impact, well managed, and aesthetically pleasant. Attachment No. I is a sample 40 cubic,yard site design.. These sites should be selected by use of traffic and load factor studies. The county should purchase and maintain the 40 cubic yard boxes. The county could contract private firms for the actual haul to the landfill_ As the 4 cubic yard equipment wear's out, the county shouldd consider replacing it only partially and expanding the large box program with purchased equip- ment. The small box program equipment has a ten year life expectancy