Agenda - 09-06-2016 - 6-a - Minutes

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10 1 o Average of 187 Mattresses and Box Springs processed per month through 2 Eubanks Road facility over approximately three years 3 o 61% of materials were recycled 4 o Annual cost - $36,000 5 o Annual Revenue - $23,000 6 o No other County collection sites; Carrboro, Chapel Hill, Hillsborough, Mebane 7 offer curbside collection 8 9 Community Services 10 • Alternatives 11 1. Eliminate fee at Eubanks and expand to Walnut Grove Church Road 12 o Disposal only 13 ➢ Annual cost - $65,400 14 ➢ Start-up cost - $13,300 15 o Recycling and Disposal 16 ➢ Annual cost - $100,300 17 ➢ Start-up cost - $142,600 18 2. Collect at Waste & Recycling Centers on Rotation —Walnut Grove Church Road, 19 Ferguson Road, High Rock Road, and Eubanks Road 20 o Disposal only 21 ➢ Annual cost - $21,150 22 ➢ Start-up cost - $13,294 23 3. Provide collection in unincorporated area for a $20/unit fee 24 o Recycling and Disposal 25 ➢ Annual Cost - $94,170 26 ➢ Start-up cost - $112,180 27 ➢ Annual costs net of revenue - $76,170 28 29 Chair McKee said he appreciated the information in the memo but this was not what he 30 had petitioned about. He said he was not anticipating a plan as expensive as this. He said he 31 had in mind a car shed, at the Eubanks and Walnut Grove Solid Waste Convenience Center 32 (SWCC), where residents could place used mattresses, and Solid Waste staff could pick up 33 and dispose of the mattresses. He said this would allow for minimum expense and effort. 34 Gayle Wilson said the main reason these options were pursued are the difficulties 35 incurred by the size of mattresses. He said the mattresses have to be sorted by size, which 36 must be done by hand, as mattresses will not stack easily any other way. He said it requires a 37 great deal of manual labor. 38 Chair McKee asked if the Orange County employees at the SWCC are too busy to 39 assist a resident with disposing of a mattress. 40 Gayle Wilson said staff would be too busy on days such as a Saturday afternoon, and a 41 lot of these employees are retired and not physically fit to assist with bulk items. 42 Commissioner Price said she had concerns with alternatives 2 and 3. She said rotating 43 the location would lead to confusion and frustration. She said charging a fee for collection will 44 just lead to people placing mattresses on the side of the road. 45 Gayle Wilson said the disposal of mattresses is much easier than the recycling of 46 mattresses. 47 Commissioner Price said the main need is to have somewhere covered to place the 48 mattresses other than the side of the road.