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i . <br />O R A N G E C O U N T Y <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: August 3, 1992 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item # Vf 13 <br />SUBJECT: County Inter Office Waste Reduction <br />DEPARTMENT: Public Works PUBLIC HEARING: Yes _x—No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: Wilbert McAdoo <br />Proposal for Enhancement ext. 2627 <br />of Waste Reduction <br />Recycled Items Purchased TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />by Orange County Hillsborough - 732 -8181 <br />Durham -688-7331 <br />Mebane -227 -2031 <br />Chapel Hill- 967 - 9251/968 -4501 <br />PURPOSE: Report on current inter office "Paper Back" waste reduction <br />program and plans for enhancement of program. <br />BACKGROUND: In February of 1989, Orange County started an inter office <br />waste reduction program with recycling for newsprint.-, <br />aluminum and white ledger paper. The "Paper Bark" progran <br />has 26 sites located in county offices and county related <br />facilities. Sanitation workers collect recyclables every <br />Tuesday and take them to American Reclaim for processing. <br />Since February of 1989, the County has recycled 12 runs ^` <br />white ledger paper, 5.1 tons of aluminum and 24.2 tons of <br />newsprint. <br />Other Orange County waste reduction efforts include <br />purchase of products rude from recyc.lables, and <br />dissemination of information on waste reduction measures <br />to be taken by County emplo n&, <br />Attached is a partial list of c:_r_ycled products current!, <br />purchased by Orange Count-. The Grange County Purchasnn_ <br />Department has been active in Triangle J Council of <br />Governments' Purchasing Agents Recycling Committee which <br />promotes purchasing of recycled products. <br />Staff has also issued information on how employees can <br />reduce the amount of waste produced in County offices. <br />Waste reduction measures include re -using paper (printin-,{ <br />draft copies on backs, making notecards, printing,front <br />and bark), sharing magazine and newspaper subscriptions, <br />buying re- usable plastic mugs for meetings, purchasing <br />materials in larger sizes, purchasing refillable <br />1 <br />