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Comprehensive Review of S olid W aste Collection and Disposal Options v2.1 59 10/22/12 maintenance and repair, and fuel), additional collection staff, and collection carts/bins. The decision on the configuration of the collection system is a function of the location (i.e., travel distance) and requirements of the organics processing facility. Published information on the cost for separate curbside collection of organics varies widely. A report to EPA Region 5 indicated that collection program rates depended on whether the fees charged include processing fees, whether the community has implemented a PAYT program, whether the program is mandatory, and whether other charges are included in the fee to fund other activities7. The EPA further reported: - The average rate “charged” to households for organics collection, including food and yard waste was $7.70 per month per household ($/month/HH); - reported costs ranged from $7.50 to $9.95/month/HH); and, - The average “cost to provide” the service was reported to be $5.40/month/HH. SCS also reviewed recent published rates from Waste Management, Inc. for separate collection of organics in King County, Washington (the Seattle area). - The rates varied from $10.80/month/HH to $12.90/month/HH depending on the size of the collection cart (35 to 96 gallon carts, once per week pickup). To confirm these cost ranges, SCS prepared a conceptual level cost estimate for the Town of Chapel Hill implementing a separate organics collection program. The estimate is presented in Exhibit 4-5, and confirms that a $6.00/month/HH budgetary cost estimate would be appropriate for the Town providing once per week organics collection in addition to the other collection services currently provided. This estimate does not include processing/treatment costs, or additional costs for transport of the waste to a remote processing facility. While SCS recognizes innumerable scenarios exist pursuant to configuring collections staffing, routing, and equipment to implement a Town-operated organics diversion program, the following analysis was developed as just one example. SCS estimated that running six trucks, twice per week to the Dean Brooks Farm facility, which is approximately 39 miles one-way from Chapel Hill, would cost close to $120,000 per year in additional operation, maintenance, and fuel costs8. If labor were to be included as well, we estimate additional costs of close to $38,000 per year would result, assuming one driver at $26/hr.; however, this cost probably should not be considered, since it is already built into the $6.00/month/HH collection costs. 7 Econservation Institute, Best Management Practices in Food Scrap Programs, Prepared for U. S. EPA Region 5. Undated. 8 Assumes: Fuel price = $2.91/gallon diesel, Gas mileage = 3 mi/gal, O&M = $1.42/mi, 78 mile roundtrip, total trip time, including tipping of 140 minutes (travel time per Google maps, and 20 minutes tipping allowance), 12 trips per week or 624 trips per year.