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C. Ordinance enforcement. Each Town shall enforce County's Regulated Recyclable <br />Materials Ordinance within each Town's jurisdiction. Towns shall monitor waste <br />collected by Town staff for banned materials in order to prevent the delivery of banned <br />materials for disposal. County shall provide solid waste plan advice, review, and <br />approvals in concert with development applications to various jurisdictions. County may <br />assist towns' enforcement staff in enforcement of landfill bans on privately collected <br />waste containers. <br />Towns will allow enforcement of County regulated recyclable material ordinance (RRMO) within <br />Town municipal limits. <br />Towns may assist in enforcement of RRMO using their staff in coordination with County staff. <br />D. Education and Outreach. County shall be responsible for the preparation, distribution, <br />expense, and coordination of education and outreach services related to waste <br />management, recycling, and reduction services and programs under its administration. <br />County is responsible for preparation, distribution, expense and coordination for education and <br />outreach services related to waste management, recycling and waste reduction <br />services /programs under its administration, including advertising of holiday schedules. A multi- <br />media approach will be utilized. <br />E. Solid waste management, planning, and reporting. County, in cooperation with Towns, is <br />responsible for the development and timely submission of required annual reporting and <br />solid waste management planning to the North Carolina Department of Environment and <br />Natural Resources. Towns and County shall cooperate with requests for information, data, <br />and records, in a reasonable and timely manner. Consideration shall be given by County to <br />investigation of increased diversion of organic wastes, especially commercially generated <br />food wastes, and the expansion of non - residential recycling programs and services. <br />County, in cooperation with Towns, may develop recycling performance and tracking <br />measures for various programs of interest. Collected data will be maintained in a secure <br />manner, consistent with public records law of North Carolina. <br />Consideration will be given by County to investigation of increased diversion of <br />commercial /non - residential wastes, including review of program financing <br />County, in cooperation /coordination with the Towns, will develop recycling performance <br />measures and tracking data for various programs of interest <br />o Consistent with the reasonably available or obtainable data given the integrated <br />nature of most recycling programs; annual reporting examples include: <br />• Number of households and multifamily units served by curbside <br />program /by Town <br />• Number of businesses serviced with onsite collection service /by <br />jurisdiction <br />■ Participation rates for curbside program by jurisdiction <br />■ comparison with prior year <br />• To be provided upon request, annually or otherwise reasonably accessible <br />• To maintain data in a secure manner, consistent with public records law of North <br />Carolina <br />