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<br /> Comprehensive Review of <br /> S olid W aste Collection and Disposal Options <br /> <br />v2.1 B -4 10/22/12 <br />commercial accounts. These analyses estimated collection and disposal costs of $402,400 per <br />year may be allocated to the commercial multi-family service. Based on the Town’s chart of <br />accounts, this analysis identified 265 bulk containers serving the Town’s multi-family <br />developments. This equates to a cost of $126.50 per month/per container. <br />Allocated Multi-Family Collection Cost/ # of Bulk Containers <br />containerbulkperyearcontainersbulk <br />tcollectionfamilymultiannualallocated 518,1$265 <br />cos400,402$ <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />containerbulkpermonthmonths <br />containerbulkpertannual 50.126$12 <br />cos518,1$ <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />HouseholdpermonthhouseholdsetedT <br />tcollectionfamilymultiannualallocated 06.5$25arg <br />cos50.126$ <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Break -Even Household Utilization <br />By comparing the monthly cost for the Town to provide bulk container service versus the unit <br />cost for residential roll-cart service, this financial analysis concludes the break-even point at <br />which it becomes more cost-efficient to provide bulk container service is estimated 7.6 <br />households. Notably this is reasonably consistent with the current Town ordinance. <br />Bulk Container Cost/ Unit Roll-Cart Cost <br />containerbulkperhouseholdshouseholdpertcartrollunit <br />tcontainerbulk 6.7cos60.16$ <br />cos50.126$ <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />BULK CONTAINER UTILI ZATION ANALYSIS <br />While this analysis concludes that 7.6 households is the break-even point at which bulk container <br />service becomes more efficient than residential roll-cart collections, certainly cost-efficiencies <br />may be gained by serving additional households for each bulk container. The Town’s practices <br />designed to provide service for 25 households per container appears reasonable and may even be <br />lowered. <br />Chapel Hill Data <br />For each 8 cubic yard bulk container, assuming a lose density of 300 pounds per cy, equates to <br />an estimated maximum capacity of 2,400 pounds per container. Based on our analysis of the <br />utilization of the Town’s commercial waste service, SCS estimated that 18% of the Town’s <br />commercial collection capacity is being used; therefore, each 8 cubic yard container may contain <br />only 432 pounds of waste during an average week.