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lot6o �� ,, 3 , _14 Memorandum To: John Link, County Manager From: Gayle Wilson, Solid Waste Director Subject: Regulated Recyclable Materials Ordinance (RRMO) Update Date: February 2, 2005 Enforcement of the RRMO over the past year consisted of mainly three areas: amending the ordinance (March 2004), improved communication, and education. Closing Loopholes Some of the measures taken to improve compliance are: • to require all roll -off containers to be serially numbered and to be labeled with the owner's name, • requiring the certified commingled recycling facilities to include the roll -off container numbers on monthly reports sent to our department, • making multiple unannounced visits to the certified facilities to ensure that haulers were properly declaring the county of origin for their loads, • and to improve the method of attaching verification tags to roll -off containers so that they are not lost. Based on this stepped -up enforcement, 4 citations were issued. Three citations were issued for failing label/number roll -off containers, and one citation was issued for burning recyclable materials. There is also one large enforcement issue that is on -going that has resulted in 60 citations for illegal hauling and disposal and may lead to the revocation of a major hauler's license. Communication Also, one of the main goals this year has been to improve communication with haulers and contractors about changes to the ordinance and to provide any assistance necessary to help in compliance. The improved communication has included postcards with ordinance updates, personal phone calls as follow -ups to the post cards, and the creation of an email list to send necessary information. Education The enforcement staff took a 5 -day SWANA course on managing C &D debris. This class was very helpful in providing ideas for recycling options that can be passed onto contractors and haulers. Statistics As of February 1, there have been 258 hauling licenses issued. There were also two facilities that were certified to take mixed C &D debris for recycling: Materials Reclamation. LLC in Raleigh, and PCM Construction Services in Apex. Additionally, Canboro has issued 735 Regulated Recyclable Material Permits (RRMP) and Orange County 1,164. Chapel Full has still not adopted the RRMO and enforcement in the Town is limited.