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MEMORANDUM to Orange Co. November 2, 2016 Page 7 National Program Fee(s) and Recycling Rate Assessment Orange County not only maintains a level of waste reduction and recycling that is one of the highest in North Carolina, but it also has one of the strongest waste reduction and recycling programs in the nation. SCS examined other municipalities in the state and around the country that claimed a similar rate and compared the Orange County Program Fee to rates assessed by these other municipalities, which are outlined in Exhibit 5 below. For purposes of this exercise, counties and cities with recycling rates between 55 and 70 percent were considered comparable to Orange County. Note that it is difficult to control for the differing methodologies for calculating recycling rates across jurisdictions. Exhibit 5. Recycling /Diversion Rate and Fee Assessment (National Scale) Note: All Counties shown (other than Orange County) maintain solid waste curbside collection programs. Data is from FY 2016-17 for all Counties except Montgomery County, MD, the data for which is from FY 2015 -16. The data appears to indicate that populous counties with high reported waste recycling rates impose solid waste fees that are greater than that assessed by Orange County to pay for services offered. On the whole these counties appear to charge significantly more than Orange County; however, many offer curbside solid waste collection and it is difficult to determine the overlap of services offered by large urbanized areas within the examined counties. Total Residential Solid Residential Waste Rate Waste Fees Assessed Solid Solid Waste Disposal Municipality Name Rate (SCS Adjusted) Waste Fee Spending /Capita Facility? Disposal ($57 ) + Brevard Traditional Collection ($128.21) + $106,765,144/550,823 County, FL Recycling 58% Impact ($160 ) [Excludes $345 = $193 Landfill Rate Solid Waste Collection Fee] Prince George's MRA Rate 59% Solid Waste Services $319 $97,625,100/890,081 Landfill County, MID Charge $110 = $110 Disposal Charge ($49.52) Montgomery Waste Diversion o 62% + Base System Benefit Charge ($29.71) + $205 $106,157,817/1,017,000 Transfer County, MD Rate Incremental Systems = $104 Station Benefit Charge ($125.88) Collier Traditional Disposal and Admin Fees: $64,668,500/339,642 County, FL Recycling 56% District 1 ($188.29) $183 = $190 Landfill Rate District II ($177.34) Charlotte Traditional Standard Sanitation Fee ($12,842,747 + County, FL Recycling 59% ($148) $148 $27,208,798)/164,736 Landfill Rate = $243 Waste Orange Reduction o 64 /o Program Fee ($107) $107 $11,989,955/140,352 NA County, NC & Recycling = $85 Rate Mean 60% $218 $147 Note: All Counties shown (other than Orange County) maintain solid waste curbside collection programs. Data is from FY 2016-17 for all Counties except Montgomery County, MD, the data for which is from FY 2015 -16. The data appears to indicate that populous counties with high reported waste recycling rates impose solid waste fees that are greater than that assessed by Orange County to pay for services offered. On the whole these counties appear to charge significantly more than Orange County; however, many offer curbside solid waste collection and it is difficult to determine the overlap of services offered by large urbanized areas within the examined counties.