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L! <br /> Minutes - - Regular Meeting <br /> Solid Waste Advisory Board : MR + 0 <br /> February 14, 2002 <br /> ': ' -44 <br /> Approved March 14, 2002 m �^ <br /> Attendance : Jan Sassaman, Jacquie Gist, Albert Vickers, Bonnie Norwood, James Arndt <br /> and B . J . Tipton (Scott Turner, student at UNC) <br /> Staff : Gayle Wilson, Rod Visser, Blair Pollock and Wanda McCain <br /> 1 . Adoption of Minutes from January 9, 2002 Gist moves, Vickers 2nd <br /> Passed unanimously <br /> 1 . Recycling Programs Update Pollock explains that there are 3 things that are coming <br /> up this spring for recycling : compost bin sale, battery recycling program, and <br /> computer recycling program . The compost bin sale will be on April 6 at the Park <br /> and Ride lot on Eubanks Road . From past surveys over 50 % of respondents say they <br /> will include food waste in their composting . Food waste is about 20 % of the waste <br /> stream . We partner with Chatham and generally sell 300 - 500 bins that day . <br /> Sassaman asks the price of the bins . Pollock replies $37 . <br /> The other initiative is the all batteries -recycling program . We have been recycling <br /> lead- acid, automotive batteries at the convenient centers . We expanded that to <br /> button cell batteries with drop off locations at Radio Shack or at the Household <br /> Hazardous Waste . Starting next month we are going to publicize that people can <br /> drop off any battery at the convenience centers . <br /> There will be some net cost for us . Though we get some money for the silver button <br /> batteries, for all other batteries there is some cost to recycle . For the rechargeable <br /> batteries, Lowes is supposed to come on board as a drop off point for tool batteries . <br /> The third initiative is the computer-recycling program . On April 27 there will be a <br /> computer recycling day at the Park and Ride Lot on Eubanks Road . The criteria <br /> right now are that computers and peripherals must come from residents of Orange <br /> County . The key driver for this program are the monitors which have 4 to 81bs . of <br /> lead in the CRT (they fail landfill toxicity tests for lead) . <br /> Wilson adds that by the first of next week we will decide if we are going to sell <br /> compost this year . The reason for the uncertainty is because we have a new truck on <br /> order and we are waiting for it to come in that will be used to pick up the material <br /> and bring it back to the landfill and we are waiting for it to come in . If everything <br /> goes OK the sale will start March 9 . <br /> 1 <br />