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VI. Orange Regional Landfill and Recycling Services The Landfill Owners' Group recommends a landfill and recycling budget of$3,534,427 for 1993-94, including the following changes in ti g car es g tipping fees: 1992-93 1993-94 "!7 Mixed Waste $21.50 ton $25.00 ton Ash $13.00 ton $15.00 ton "Clean" Wood/Yard Waste -- $ 3.00 ton Tires $ 50.00 ton $50.00 ton The fee of $3.00 per ton for clean wood and yard waste is intended to encourage 7 separation of these materials from mixed solid w aste. Clean wood (not mixed with refuse) and yard waste will be diverted from the landfill and ground into mulch for re-user The recommended fees for mixed waste and ash are raised to pay for additional service and capital costs of the landfill and recycling programs. A change in landfill fees can occur only ith y approval of the Orange County, Carrboro, and Chapel Hill governing board. U Services We estimate that 91,500 tons of mixed solid waste, 6,500 tons of clean wood/yard waste, and 26,000 tons of ash will be delivered to the landfill for disposal in 1993-94, about the same as in the current year. The proposed budget includes the following new and expanded services. • Additional commercial cardboard recycling routes • Recycling of plastics and tin cans from multi-family developments • Collection of food wastes from some schools and restaurants for use as hog feed • Addition of small (fewer than 25 dwellings) multi-family developments to the curbside recycling program • Operation of a salvage program for furniture and appliances • Provision of curbside recycling services to relatively densely developed subdivisions in rural areas • Increased waste reduction efforts; and, recycling education programs for multi-family developments I • Grinding clean wood and yard waste for mulch 24 I