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10% Orange County, NC Financial Plan and Rate Study for Solid Waste Enterprise Fund collection of recyclable material. This is primarily due to a decrease in the strength of the commodities market. Exhibit 6. Recyclable Material Tonnages and Revenue 16,000 15,500 15,000 M Qj U 14,500 U d = 14,000 0 13,500 13,000 12,500 1.6 FY 2010 -11 FY 2011 -12 FY 2012 -13 FY 2013 -14 FY 2014 -15 Fiscal Year Tons $ Revenue Source: Orange County, 2015 -16 SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL $900,000 $800,000 $700,000 $600,000 e, $500,000 Co $400,000 CD 0 $300,000 2- $200,000 $100,000 $0 Municipal solid waste collected from the Solid Waste and Recycling Centers and County institutions is delivered to the City of Durham Transfer Station where the Department is currently charged $42.50 per ton. The Department expects that at some point this tipping fee at the City of Durham Transfer Station will be increased; however, the timing and amount of an increase is uncertain. Yard waste is delivered by residents and the area Towns to the Landfill where it is mulched and sold to the community. The County owns and operates a Construction and Demolition (C &D) Landfill at 1514 Eubanks Road. It is located at the site of the old Orange County MSW Landfill (Landfill) which closed on July 1, 2013, and two other co- located landfills (one C &D unit and one MSW unit). C &D debris, stumps, land clearing waste, mobile homes, mattresses/box springs (currently transported to Purpose Recycling), yard waste, clean wood waste, and stockpiled tires are accepted at the landfill and on -site collection center for various fees. Old corrugated cardboard (OCC), oyster shells, electronics, residential /commercial tires, large appliances, and scrap metal are accepted from residents for free. Department staff strictly enforces the Regulated Recyclable Materials Ordinance at the C &D Landfill. Contaminated loads (loads containing both recyclable and non - recyclable C &D waste) 0