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17 <br />Memorandum <br />To: Solid Waste Advisory Group (SWAG) <br />From: George Seiz, Carrboro Public Works Director <br />Ken Hines, Hillsborough Public Works Director <br />Gayle Wilson, Orange County Solid Waste Director <br />Subject: Measuring and Tracking Solid Waste Services <br />Date: May 14, 2015 <br />Staff was tasked by the Solid Waste Advisory Group (SWAG) at their April 22, 2015 meeting, in <br />conjunction with priority #7 of the suggested priority solid waste issues, to develop measures for <br />tracking recycling and solid waste program performance over short and long -term time periods. <br />Attached please find a draft of proposed program data tables separated by program area and, where <br />appropriate, by jurisdiction to track recycling and solid waste program performance. The tables do not <br />include any data as we wanted to ensure the format and information to be provided is acceptable by <br />SWAG members. Below is a brief description of each data table. <br />It is also important to note when reviewing the data tables that due to the integrated nature of recycling <br />collection operations throughout the county which helps to ensure efficient and optimal collection <br />services, there is some overlap of collection services by program areas, e.g. The commercial recycling <br />route collects some multi - family locations. To the extent possible, these variations in service collection <br />are apportioned to each specific program accordingly. <br />1) Annual Recycling Program Summary (page 1) <br />This page illustrates the annual tons collected /received by Orange County by recycling <br />material /item for the entire fiscal year. For the Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) <br />program, the number of total annual users of the Eubanks Road and Walnut Grove sites <br />combined is also included. In addition, the total tons of single- stream recycling <br />collected by each major program are included separately on a chart for further <br />comparison. Please note for all data tables provided, the percentage change column <br />compares the current to previous fiscal year or quarter listed. <br />2) Solid Waste Collection by Jurisdiction (page 2 & 3) <br />These pages illustrate on a quarterly and annual /fiscal year basis the amount of <br />municipal solid waste, yard waste and non - residential municipal waste collected by each <br />Town and by all five solid waste convenience centers combined. The waste measured <br />from convenience centers is residential waste only. Non - residential waste includes any <br />waste not collected as municipal solid waste, such as waste from commercial <br />establishments. <br />