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25 <br />Attachment Z <br />C&D Recycling Task Force <br />STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES <br />+ Adapt strategies to realize the 61 percent per capita waste reduction goal for Orange <br />County by 2006, including C&D. <br />• Ensure that waste management is a good neighbor ethically, environmentally and <br />fiscally. <br />• Seek public and private partners for management of Orange County's C&D waste. <br />• Minimize the toxicity of the C&D waste stream. <br />• Continue education of the public regarding the necessity of waste reduction, recycling <br />and proper disposal. <br />• Development of C&D recycling infrastructure should be led by Orange County local <br />government. <br />• Recycling should be mandated. <br />• Recover costs of C&D waste mangement from generators to the greatest extent <br />possible. <br />• Recognize that C&D waste lends itself to recycling <br />• Pur, ..~ C&D waste recycling in the most cost-effective manner possible, long-term as <br />well as short-term. <br />• Acknowledge that the recommendation of the C&D recycling task force to pursue <br />recycling may require a commitment of additional land or further utilization of lands <br />currently owned by the Solid Waste operation. <br />26 <br />