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<br />ORDINANCE REGULATING RECYCLABLE MATERIALS AND LICENSING THE COLLECTION OF
<br />REGULATED RECYCLABLE MATERIAL IN ORANGE COUNTY
<br />SECTION I. FINDINGS,. Orange County, North Carolina does hereby find that:
<br />Orange County has heretofore adopted Ordinances governing the storage,
<br />transportation, and recycling of solid waste within the unincorporated sections
<br />of Orange County; and
<br />Orange County owns and operates solid waste management facilities as a
<br />public enterprise to protect the citizens of Orange County and the environmental
<br />health both within the unincorporated areas of the County and within the
<br />municipalities in Orange County; and
<br />Orange County, Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Hillsborough, and Mebane have
<br />heretofore adopted and followed separate Ordinances for the regulation of solid
<br />wastes within their respective jurisdictions; and
<br />Siting and permitting of construction and demolition landfills and
<br />sanitary landfills has become increasingly difficult; the disposal of solid
<br />waste and construction and demolition waste has become increasingly more
<br />expensive; and construction and demolition waste continues to be disposed of
<br />through open burning, adding to the increasing air pollution problem within the
<br />County; and
<br />Units of local government are charged by the legislature in N.C.G.S.. §
<br />130A-309.09A (b) to make a good faith effort to achieve the State's forty percent
<br />(40~) municipal solid waste reduction goal by the year 2006; and
<br />Orange County has committed itself to recycling recyclable materials,
<br />including construction and demolition waste, as part of its own solid waste
<br />reduction goal of 61~ by the year 2006; and
<br />Construction and demolition waste constitutes approximately one-third
<br />(1/3) of the overall solid waste stream delivered to the Orange County Landfill,
<br />at least fifteen percent (15~) of which is readily recoverable for purposes of
<br />recycling, secondary-market salvage, or re-integration into existing or
<br />subsequent projects; and
<br />Orange County has the legal authority under State law, including but not
<br />limited to N.C..G.S,. § 153A-136, § 153A-445, and § 130A-309..09B, to enact
<br />regulations with respect to the disposal of solid waste including recyclable
<br />material, _ ~ ,.,.,- _~~a .... ~,_, ,..~~ a ~~,-~..o.o
<br />~.,-,..~a~~'^, and to provide reasonable penalties and other provisions for the
<br />enforcement thereof,
<br />NOW THEREFORE be it ordained by Orange County as follows:
<br />SECTION II, PURPOSE AND APPLICATION
<br />The purpose of
<br />transportation, use,
<br />material in Orange G
<br />contained in N.C.G.S
<br />N.C,G,.S. §§ 130A-309
<br />otherwise indicated,
<br />Orange County.
<br />this Ordinance is to regulate the storage, collection,
<br />disposal and other disposition of regulated recyclable
<br />aunty. This Ordinance is adopted pursuant to the authority
<br />. §§ 153A-121, 123, 132.1, 136, 274-278, 291-293, 445, and
<br />.01-309..08, 309.09A, 309.09B, 309.09C, 309..09D. Unless
<br />this Ordinance pertains to all solid waste activity in
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