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diverted thousands of tons back to productive reuse. Staff estimates at an average 20 year market value <br />of around $100 per ton, the cardboard ban alone yielded about $6 million in revenues. <br />Impact of cardboard ban on percent of corrugated cardboard in Orange County NC Waste 1995 -2017 <br />Sector <br />% cardboard in <br />% cardboard in <br />% cardboard in <br />%2010 <br />%2016 <br />garbage 1995. <br />garbage 2000 <br />garbage 2005 <br />(Landfill Ban <br />(ban in place <br />(Landfill ban <br />implemented in <br />for MUH & <br />implemented <br />1996 for MUH & <br />commercial) <br />in residential <br />Commercial) <br />2005 -06 and <br />cardboard <br />added to <br />curbside <br />program) <br />Residential <br />4.5% <br />4.7% <br />2.4% <br />1.8% <br />1.6% <br />Multi -Unit Housing <br />7.2% <br />2.8% <br />1.6% <br />1.6% <br />2.3% <br />Commercial (all other <br />10.7% <br />3.5% <br />3.1% <br />2.6% <br />3.6% <br />not in above sectors) <br />The waste composition studies have also enabled Orange County to view success of its recycling <br />programs and offer a look at how changing technologies and packaging trends may affect our future <br />solid waste planning. In general, recyclables found in the waste in 2016 -17 that could be collected at the <br />curb, MUH and drop -off sites have declined to about 21% overall from about 30% in 1995. Along with <br />increased local recycling efforts driving down that percentage, as metal cans and plastic bottles become <br />lighter, pouches of food replace cans, and physical newspapers and magazines are replaced by <br />electronic versions, the waste stream overall changes. Thus past emphasis on a material such as paper <br />may become less important (except cardboard) while we need to find more effective ways to manage <br />textiles, plastic bags and film, and food waste. <br />Details broken down and available in the attached reports. The main pie graphs showing waste <br />composition overall and by sector are found on pages: 12, 16, 20 and 24 of the main report. UNC report <br />is a separate attachment with similar results from the campus waste stream. The main conclusion is <br />that while recyclables as a percentage of waste have declined, there is still over thirty percent of Orange <br />County waste that could be captured using current markets and current processing technologies. <br />Overall the waste composition studies provide a valuable snapshot of our waste and the potential to <br />reduce it via a combination of conventional recycling, composting (both backyard and large- scale) and <br />reducing or reusing materials. As in the past, the data from this waste composition study will be an <br />integral component of the pending solid waste planning process. <br />