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FA <br />VIII. Financing Methods: financial staff <br />IX. Development of Specific Alternatives: consultant with <br />staff, committees and LOG member governments <br />X. Integrated Plan: LOG with staff, citizens, consultant <br />We recommend the following: <br />1. Request that the governing bodies review the scope of work <br />with comments and changes made back to the LOG. <br />2. Offer Duke University the opportunity to conduct the following <br />tasks: review the scope of work prior to negotiation, conduct <br />the market studies for compost and RDF, and review the draft <br />final document as presented by the consultant. This could be <br />done primarily through their School of the Environment but <br />also could involve both the Schools of Business and <br />Engineering. (Duke has been contacted and negotiations with <br />them will be underway following revision of this document by <br />the governing bodies.) <br />3. Request that the Chapel Hill Solid Waste Reduction Committee <br />and the Orange County Solid Waste Committee identify waste <br />reduction projects and the resources required to undertake <br />them. These recommendations would be incorporated into the <br />solid waste plan. <br />4. Orange County Solid Waste Committee identify collection <br />options for rural orange County which incorporate incentives <br />for waste reduction and recycling, while considering citizens' <br />needs and financing options. <br />5. Authorize the LOG and staff to negotiate a contract with <br />Malcolm Pirnie, Incorporated, to carry out the elements of the <br />planned scope of work identified as to be carried out by the <br />consultant once those elements have been finalized. Malcolm <br />Pirnie was selected by the Regional Solid Waste Task Force <br />through a rigorous, nationwide search process to conduct the <br />joint Durham - Orange study. They are familiar with our solid <br />waste situation and, through over one and one -half years since <br />we selected them, they have remained interested and <br />enthusiastic about working with us. <br />Background <br />The amount of solid waste coming to the Orange Regional Landfill <br />has grown from 63,300 tons annually in 1984 to 113,100 tons in <br />1988 -89. It declined to 95,100 tons in 1990 -91. We project it <br />will exceed 100,000 tons in FY 91 -92. Over the last four years, <br />this waste stream has been as follows: <br />