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Board of County <br />Orange County <br />PO Sox 8181 <br />Hillsborough, NC <br />Commissioners: <br />a" Wmsxay COURT <br />June 25,1992 9? <br />Commissioners <br />27278 <br />On March 18, 1992, the Landfill Owners' Group (LOG) held a public <br />hearing on solid waste issues in Orange County. Comment from <br />citizens at that hearing showed overwhelming support for a waste <br />management plan focused on three thi,,p: <br />1) source reduction at the "front -end" of the waste stream <br />2) emphasis on source separation <br />3) technology approaches which.are not c ate ivp <br />and.do not concentrate on post -col ec j. .V". <br />t r Q <br />1 am extremely disappointed that the LOG Dr t: r' ",_� 4work does <br />not emphasize any of the above areas, which i-2 a e re; so <br />important to them. <br />Instead of focusing on source reduction, the LOG plan recommends <br />studying the feasibility of producing Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) -- <br />an extremely expensive volume reduction technique that depends on <br />large amounts of waste. <br />instead of emphasizing source separation, the LOG plan recommends <br />studying a Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) -- another expensive <br />"back -end" technique for managing solid waste. <br />Instead of concentrating on low technology "front-end" approaches, <br />the LOG plan recommends studying mixed solid waste composting, <br />RDF, and MRFs -- all of which are volume reduction techniques to <br />manage solid waste after it has been collected. <br />The main focus of the LOG plan is the study (by an expensive <br />consultant) of end -of -the- waste - stream techniques.. or- sal, Ito <br />management. Should, the cit,i.z ens of Orange aunty 1 t0 <br />support a plan based.. on volume reduction :whon they hare." 'Aed <br />for a plan based oni source reduction? <br />