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Minutes -- Regular Meeting <br /> Solid Waste Advisory Board <br /> April 11 , 2002 <br /> Approved May 9, 2002 <br /> 3 . Regional Solid Waste Presentation to the Mayors of Carrboro, Chapel Hill, <br /> Durham, and Raleigh Pollock states the mayors of Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill <br /> and Cary started meeting to find some common ground on transportation and <br /> water, and solid waste came along . Solid waste has been on and off the political <br /> agenda locally for years . Durham is out of the landfill business . Many counties have <br /> gotten out of the landfill business and we plan to get out in the next five years . It is <br /> time to start talking about the alternatives as local governments . <br /> There were three parts to the presentation . The first was to present a series of data . <br /> We showed who generates what waste, the waste per capita, and the total waste that <br /> would have been generated if we had made the reduction goals . There is some <br /> indication that the cites and counties [in the Triangle] are doing better than <br /> statewide . Waste has increased statewide 13 % , in the Triangle there' s a 2 % decrease . <br /> The municipalities generally led the way <br /> Only Cary [of all the governments in the Triangle] made its waste reduction goal <br /> and they had a goal only for residential waste . Orange County reduced waste about <br /> 37 % per capita over the 10 years that were measured . The real point with respect to <br /> the progress we ' ve made is that our heavy investment in recycling and waste <br /> reduction has paid off for this County . <br /> After this dose of sobering news we looked at what we ' ve done that' s good . We had <br /> each government put forward their best accomplishments in terms of waste <br /> reduction . We went from accomplishment to challenges . <br /> The action plan is to prepare a manual of best practices so that we all have <br /> something to contribute from our accomplishments . We were also asked to take a <br /> hard look at materials recovery facilities or other ways we can work together to <br /> manage our recyclables, compost facilities for organics management, and to look at <br /> long-term regional disposal capacity . <br /> Sassaman asks if any thought was given to looking at alternative ways of handling <br /> waste within the county besides landfilling . <br /> Pollock states that the only things that came up were materials recovery facility, <br /> composting, and long term regional secure disposal capacity . Incineration, plasma <br /> torch, and pyrolysis did not come up . <br /> 4 . Review of North Carolina ' s Annual Solid Waste Management Report <br /> 3 <br />