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38 <br />Orange County, NC <br />Financial Plan and Rate Study for Solid Waste Enterprise Fund <br />Exhibit 18. Recycling Center Customers by Hour of Day in FY 2015- <br />16 <br />70 <br />= 60 <br />W <br />°' 50 <br />a <br />0 40 <br />N <br />7 <br />U <br />30 <br />a <br />20 <br />0 <br />Z <br />m 10 <br />4 <br />0 <br />boo o°o goo goo °o �o boo 0°0 1 °0o <br />0 0 ti ti ti ti ti <br />o <br />Source: Orange County, 2015 -16 <br />— Bradshaw <br />— Eubanks <br />— Ferguson <br />—High Rock <br />3.1 .2 Consider a Reduction in Urban Curbside Recyclables <br />Collection Frequency <br />Orange County provides a high level of service in its collection of recycling. Currently it <br />provides weekly collection service. Many communities across the nation have piloted less <br />frequent collection service (e.g. every other week or monthly) as a means of reducing overall <br />collection costs, while at the same time continuing a form of scheduled curbside collection <br />service. These cost savings have to be balanced against lower recycling rates by customers. In <br />areas where curbside service has been reduced, many communities continue to operate recycling <br />collection centers. Many citizens would likely travel to the collection centers on at least a <br />weekly basis to dispose of their solid waste and could recycle on the same trip. <br />3.1.3 Sell the Greene Tract Property <br />SCS recommends the County decide whether the Greene Tract property currently serves a <br />purpose for the Department and if not, the County should consider selling this property. This will <br />generate significant revenue for the Department which can be used to pay down loans and other <br />debts to assist in the development of a Renewal and Extension Fund (refer to Section 4.1 for <br />additional discussion on R &E funding). The County should assess the market value of the <br />property prior to any ownership transfer in part or in full. <br />3.1.4 Other Considerations <br />Orange County should consider evaluating its solid waste program on an ongoing basis internally <br />and/or using third party entities. Examples of considerations could include: <br />25 <br />