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18 <br />Orange County, NC <br />Financial Plan and Rate Study for Solid Waste Enterprise Fund <br />Exhibit 3. Solid Waste and Recycling Center Customer Counts by <br />Fiscal Year <br />180,000 <br />160,000 <br />140,000 <br />120,000 <br />0 <br />L 100,000 <br />E 80,000 <br />V, <br />60,000 <br />40,000 <br />20,000 <br />0 <br />1.3.1.2 Commercial <br />FY 11 -12 FT 12 -13 FY 13 -14 FY 14 -15 FY 15 -16 <br />520,000 <br />500,000 <br />c <br />480,000 <br />m <br />460,000 0 <br />c <br />440,000 <br />0 <br />420,000 O <br />0 <br />400,000 < <br />380,000 <br />-4—Bradshaw <br />­11—Eubanks <br />Ferguson <br />--X—High Rock <br />—I--Walnut Grove <br />—*--Total <br />The County does not provide solid waste collection services for its commercial establishments. <br />Commercial waste from businesses and multi - family residences (e.g., apartments and <br />condominiums) is collected by a combination of national and regional private companies and <br />billed directly to customers by these companies. <br />1.3.1.3 Institutional <br />Solid waste collection services are provided to County buildings by the County's Sanitation <br />Services Division. The Division also collects waste from the Orange County schools and bulky <br />waste from both the Orange County schools and Chapel Hill - Carrboro City schools for a fee. <br />These contracts with the school systems account for a portion of the revenue into the Solid Waste <br />System. <br />1.3.2 County Recyclable Material Collection Program <br />Recycling services are currently administered within the County by Orange County Recycling <br />(OCR), a division of the Department. In 1997, Orange County and the incorporated <br />municipalities of Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and Hillsborough each adopted a solid waste reduction <br />goal of 61 % per capita. The efforts of OCR have resulted in one of the top solid waste reduction <br />rates in the state of North Carolina. <br />1.3.2.1 Residential <br />Orange County's first recycling program commenced in 1987 with the construction of five <br />unstaffed drop -off sites which accepted glass bottles, aluminum cans, and newspapers. Since that <br />time, recycling has expanded in the County to include additional recyclable material collection at <br />the Solid Waste and Recycling Centers and curbside collection in both urban and rural areas. <br />R <br />