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3 Current recycling services provided to the towns (incorporated municipalities) by the County include: Weekly residential curbside collection (single stream) – co‐mingled collection currently provided by contract to the County with 95 gallon roll carts; materials include clean‐dry paper, metal cans, glass bottles and jars, plastic bottles/tubs/cups, drink and milk cartons, cardboard, aerosol cans, aluminum foil/trays Multi‐family collection (single stream) – co‐mingled collection available to all multi‐family facilities throughout the County at necessary collection frequency; materials include clean‐dry paper, metal cans, glass bottles and jars, plastic bottles/tubs/cups, drink and milk cartons, cardboard, aerosol cans, aluminum foil/trays Food Waste collection – available to all restaurant, food preparation, supermarket, etc. (pre and post‐consumer) who meet a County established minimum monthly quantity generated threshold and can adhere to quality requirements and accessibility Bar/Restaurant and other commercial location collection (single stream) – objective of providing services to all establishments in the County according to pending comprehensive recycling plan and available funding Downtown Cardboard Collection (Chapel Hill only) – fee based on negotiated rate directly with Chapel Hill and may be available to other Towns upon request Downtown Pedestrian Bins – fee based on negotiated rate directly with Chapel Hill and may be available to other Towns for a fee upon request; subject to coordination of receptacle used with County and level of contamination of materials Park & Ride Lot Collection ( currently 3 locations in Chapel Hill and 2 in Carrboro) ‐ fee based on negotiated rate directly with Chapel Hill and Carrboro and may be available to Hillsborough upon request; subject to coordination of receptacle used with County and level of contamination of materials Municipal Park Collection ‐ fee based on negotiated rate directly with Chapel Hill and may be available to other Towns upon request; subject to coordination of receptacle used with County and level of contamination of materials Government building collection for all local governments and OWASA – recycling service available to all local government buildings and OWASA; other government buildings at County discretion and available resources Public Housing ‐ (multi‐family style service or single family, as appropriate to housing type) – public housing will be service in the same manner as other residences, whether multi‐family or single family type service; County to provide periodic communication as needed with Department of Public Housing regarding outreach and education of residents, management and other changes to public housing services Public Schools collection ‐‐ fee based, contracted service negotiated directly with the individual school system Holiday Service – County will publish holiday schedules annually for curbside collection. There will be no service on New Year’s Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. Other holiday service will be scheduled according to specific day of week of observed holiday. County shall be responsible for providing service and facility holiday schedule to parties and to make a good faith effort to coordinate service schedules to the extent practicable. Hours of Operation – County will establish hours of operation for County services/facilities; County will consult with Towns when changes in hours of operation are being considered, except in extenuating and temporary situations such as storm events; County will attempt to notify municipalities by 7am the morning of any event that impacts regular facility hours of operation Recycling (unstaffed) Drop‐off Centers – recycling drop‐off centers within the Towns will be serviced by County on an as needed basis; materials include clean‐dry paper, metal cans, glass bottles and jars, plastic bottles/tubs/cups, drink and milk cartons, cardboard, aerosol cans, aluminum foil/trays • Towns will cooperate with County to site or maintain current locations as necessary