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Open the link then click FY 15 -16 and open the report entitled "FY 15 -16 Per Capita County Report" to see the performance of all counties across the State. Overall, the State reported a 5% increase in waste landfilled per person compared to the base year, but last year the coal ash removed from ponds at various power plants and transferred to landfills was included as solid waste originating in the Counties from which it was removed (Buncombe and Rockingham) and that totaled over 761,000 tons. Eliminating that put the statewide waste reduction rate at - 2% compared to the base year. The table below compares Orange with other Counties in the Triangle area and Alamance County County Waste Reduction Rate FY 15 -16 Tons landfilled per person FY 15 -16 Alamance -17% 0.76 Chatham -34% 0.55 Durham -18% 0.96 Orange -62% 0.52 Wake -21% 1.02 State total (without coal ash) -2% 1.05 7. Orange County's "Away From Home' Recycling Program (Attachment) Orange County's program to offer recycling 'away from home' includes multiple elements and has been informally characterized recently by one state recycling official as 'the best 'Away from Home" program in North Carolina'. While collection points exist throughout the County in all the jurisdictions, all are serviced by the County and collections are integrated into the "Government Buildings Program' which is operated by one employee using a box truck filled with roll carts into which he empties container contents at each stop. The program could be dated from when the first downtown pedestrian bin was placed in front of the Old Post Office in downtown Chapel Hill on E. Franklin Street in 1993. It has grown to include: Pedestrian recycling bins in the downtown areas of Carrboro (Main St. Weaver St. and N. Greensboro St.), Chapel Hill (Franklin St. & W. Rosemary) and, most recently Hillsborough (Churton St., King St. and Margaret Lane) for collection of cans and bottles. (The decision to limit this program to 'cans and bottles' simplified the messaging resulting in relatively low contamination rates). The Towns have funded the containers using competitive State matching grants and pay Orange County per container for collection services. Park and Ride lots including those at Eubanks Road, Jones Ferry Road, Carrboro Plaza and Southern Village. The collection point at Friday Center that was initiated by the County is now integrated into UNC's recycling program. Parks throughout the County including County, Town and State parks as well as non - profits like Rainbow Soccer fields. Each jurisdiction is a billed Solid Waste Program Fee for each unique location. If a jurisdiction collects from a park itself and consolidates, then no SWPF is charged for that park.