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Comprehensive Review of S olid W aste Collection and Disposal Options v2.1 43 10/22/12 households receive an exemption for recycling collection. It is recommended that the Town review exemptions on an annual basis and require a verification of need such as a medical statement or handicapped tag. 4.1.1.3 Private Driveways Numerous households along the residential collection routes maintain lengthy and spatially constrained private driveways, which limit access to the rear loader collection vehicles. Currently, these households with private drives are not required to position their carts curbside along the main roadway for collections by rear loader vehicles. Thus, the rear loader vehicles do not collect containers from residences that can only be accessed by a private drive. The solid waste from these households is collected by scooter trucks, which creates inherent inefficiencies in providing this level of service because these households cannot be incorporated into the existing waste collection route that services their geographic area. The scooter trucks represent a much smaller capacity and require multiple daily trips (usually three to four times per day) to the nearest rear loader. The inefficiencies of this service will be compounded with the closure of the Orange County Landfill and proposed short-term solution to direct haul collected waste to a transfer station. Households currently receiving private driveway service should be evaluated along with the households claiming a collection exemption to further determine the necessity to provide private driveway service on a case-by-case basis. Those households that are physically capable (i.e., do not qualify for a medical or age exemption) of positioning their waste carts curbside for routine, scheduled collection with the rear loader collection vehicles, and in accordance with currently established routes and collection days, should be required to bring their cart curbside for collection. Residents who do not qualify for an exemption and choose not to put their waste- filled cart at the end of their driveway would not have their waste collected by the Town. Alternatively, the Town may assess a private driveway service fee (recommended $16.50 per month), similar to the PAYT fee as described in Section 8, for those customers who would choose a driveway service rather than placing their waste carts curbside for regular collection. 4.1.1.4 Limited Residential Routing Evaluation Along with this collections system evaluation, SCS completed a limited review of the Town’s current residential collections routes for the purpose of making general recommendations to improve existing routing configurations and collections efficiencies. SCS and SWSD staff concur that a formal, technical routing study, utilizing GIS data and industry-specific software is particularly warranted at this time to support system-wide modifications with the closing of the Orange County Landfill and need to transport collected wastes elsewhere. A routing study for the Town is estimated to cost about $45,000 to $55,000. However, based on a review of the Town’s existing routing schematics, interviews with route residential and commercial collections supervisors, and observations of select residential routes, SCS recognized a number of recommendations to improve collections while the Town considers a technical routing study. Throughout the history of Town solid waste collections operations, SCS understands that a technical routing study has not been performed to date. The existing routing configurations have been developed over time through general trial and error while hauling residential MSW waste to