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<br /> Comprehensive Review of <br /> S olid W aste Collection and Disposal Options <br /> <br /> <br />v2.1 56 10/22/12 <br />Exhibit 4 -3. Residential Rou te Potential for Fully -Automated Waste <br />Collection <br />Route <br />Percentage of <br />Route that <br />Could Support <br />Fully-Automated <br />Collections <br />204 Monday 100% <br />Tuesday 100% <br />207 Monday 100% <br />Tuesday 100% <br />208 Monday 0% <br />Tuesday 100% <br />209 Monday 80% <br />Tuesday 75% <br />210 Monday 75% <br />Tuesday 75% <br />216 Monday 100% <br />Tuesday 100% <br />232 Monday 100% <br />Tuesday 100% <br /> <br />Planning efforts and preliminary action items that will be necessary to enable implementation of <br />a pilot-phase program to transition to automated collections for even a single residential route are <br />noted below. SCS believes a realistic timeframe to initiate the pilot-phase program is two years <br />and the timeframe for implementation of a full automation program is four years. <br /> The existing routes will need to be evaluated and the most appropriate route will need <br />to be identified and selected; <br /> A new automated collection vehicle will need to be purchased and a maintenance <br />plan will need to be developed; <br /> Select SWSD staff will need to be trained on the proper operation of the new <br />automated collection vehicle; <br /> Each household within the route will need to be equipped with the proper Town- <br />issued cart; and, <br /> An outreach and education campaign will need to commence in order to engage <br />residents on the goals and protocols associated with the pilot-phase program. <br />4.3.2 Organics Diversion (Food Waste) <br />As described in Section 2, the Town currently provides for separate collection of residential <br />waste (i.e., MSW), yard waste, and recyclables. The SWSD staff and several Town residents <br />have expressed an interest in developing an organics diversion program in effort to improve <br />performance against the Towns waste reduction goals, and to lower MSW volume and related <br />cost. Organics diversion programs that include food waste from residential and commercial <br />customers have been implemented by various communities, businesses, and institutional entities