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24 During the years that UNC Hospital delivered waste to Orange County landfill, the County enforcement process helped identify loads containing regulated medical wastes or corrugated cardboard and other County regulated recyclables to identify and correct problems resulting in delivery to the landfill. Between Orange Countv and the Towns Due to the long -term integrated nature of solid waste governance and operation beginning with joint purchase, ownership and governance of the Orange Regional Landfill in 1972 by Carrboro, Chapel Hill and Orange County through 2000 and the County -wide recycling program begun in 1987, there is a long list of programs and services available to those living within Town limits as well as outside Town limits. Unlike County -Town solid waste relations in many jurisdictions, the solid waste and recycling programs and services here are characterized by a high level of cooperation and integration of services that have resulted in a high level of program performance and efficient operations characterized by a single centralized, relatively seamless County -wide recycling effort, an agreed on single fiscal management entity and financing modality and until 2013, a single disposal location for all municipally generated waste. The lengthy list below illustrates the deeply connected nature of these services and programs. Beginning in 1972 and continuing through 2013 MSW as well as yard waste and construction and demolition (C &D) wastes collected by the Towns of Carrboro, Chapel Hill and Hillsborough were, as a condition of the interlocal agreement, directed to the Orange County Landfill. Now yard waste and some limited Town - generated C &D are collected while MSW is shipped out to transfer stations then to private landfills. Current recycling services provided to the towns (incorporated municipalities) by the County include: Weekly residential curbside collection (single stream) — co- mingled collection provided by contract to the County to all urban single family residences using 95 gallon roll carts; materials include clean and dry paper, metal cans, glass bottles and jars, plastic bottles /tubs /cups, drink and milk cartons, cardboard, aerosol cans, aluminum foil /trays. New roll carts were financed by County with Towns pursuing NC DENR grant funding individually to support purchases. Grant proceeds returned to County covered about 20% of purchase costs. Now serving over 18,000 units yielding 4,700 tons a year. Multi family collection (single stream) — co- mingled collection available to all multi- family facilities throughout the County. Materials included are the same as in curbside above, except cardboard, which is collected separately and privately by each complex. Now serving approximately 16,000 units yielding 1,200 tons a year. Food Waste collection — available to all restaurant, food preparation, supermarket, etc. (pre and post- consumer) who meet a County established minimum monthly quantity and can adhere to quality requirements and accessibility. Now serving 35+ locations, yielding over 1,500 tons a year. ear /Restaurant and other commercial location collection (single stream, same materials as multifamily, excluding cardboard) — potential for developing long -term goal to serve