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3 C SOLID WASTE GOALS - Y ' / SECTION ONE - INTEGRATED WASTE MANAGEMENT PLANNING Goal 1 : To plan for and implement solid waste management systems involving an integrated mixture of program components giving priority to waste reduction. The systems should function so as to handle solid waste in the most efficient way possible and in a manner which is appropriate in terms of environment, public health, cost and resource conservation. A process of evaluation for efficiency, cost effectiveness, resource conservation, environmental protection and public health will be established. Goal 2 : To develop cooperative strategies to manage the waste within a region where appropriate and consistent with local waste reduction and cost effectiveness strategies, and that minimizes environmental health hazards, conserves natural resources and energy, and minimizes total costs. Goal 3 : To develop, where necessary or efficient, new institutional relationships To better define the relationships of the governing bodies of Orange County in order to plan, coordinate, implement, and regulate the programs and systems needed for effective solid waste management.. Goal 4 : To effectively involve the public, through public hearings, appropriate Town committees, and other means, in integrated solid waste management planning and program development by including the public and addressing public concerns and values at each stage of the decision making process. SECTION TWO - UTILIZING WASTE STREAM CHARACTERIZATION DATA Goal 5 : To gather useful, accurate and appropriate data on the amount and nature of the waste stream as needed to assist in the planning of solid waste management programs and facilities . SECTION THREE - COLLECTION, TRANSFER, AND DISPOSAL OF WASTE Goal 6 : To ensure the provision of reasonably convenient, cost- effective, and sanitary waste collection service to all residents, businesses, and industry in North Carolina Chapel Hill, preferably regular household collection from all residential . customers, household collection or access, to staffed convenience centers provided to all rural , customers; and adequate collection arrangements available to all: local businesses and industry. Goal 7 : To evaluate the potential for improved waste management through incorporating transfer stations into the integrated waste management system where appropriate investigating and comparing source separation with collection and disposal technologies using efficiency, cost, resource conservation, protection of the environment and public health as the evaluation criteria.