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Minutes Regular Meeting Solid Waste Advisory Board April 3, 2008 Approved May 1, 2008 Pollock states that the contractor for urban states that they would charge 20 cents more a household or $2 . 40 / year added to the collection fees . In the rural area where our trucks collect it is not obvious to us what the marginal cost of adding it to our volume would be . There is really no additional cost to us . We will have to enforce a cut down requirement and the trucks will probably pack out sooner so having to come back to the yard a little sooner there will be some marginal cost to us for labor and truck time . Zimmerli asks if there would be an off set to the drop off sites . Pollock states that that is still an open question based on our experience with mixed paper . We thought when we instituted mixed paper at the curb last year that there would be a decline in the use at the drop off sites and the tonnage and we ' ve seen no slow down . In fact there has been an increase at the drop off site . The other side of that is since cardboard is the last thing that we do only at the drop off sites and not at the curb it may be the item that tips the balance . Richard Leber states that we have been residents here since 1995 and [his family] have been involved in recycling our whole lives . It is good to take a historical perspective on things at times . We look back to 1995 one of the controversial things that happened was the elimination of twice - a-week pickup with backyard pickup . That was a tremendous issue in Chapel Hill and today it is a non-issue . The addition of mixed paper was a tremendous asset to us personally because we would generate by far more mixed paper than we would the weight of our normal garbage and we had to go out of our way to drop it off at the centers . Charlie and I have a common interest. Part of our interest is early morning walks and seeing the amount of cardboard at the houses on a weekly basis . I would go a little stronger in my recommendation and that is to consider the mandatory cardboard pickup and recommend to the Towns not to pickup cardboard in the trash pickup and to offer that either the convenience centers have some provision similar to what' s done with major appliances which is in Chapel Hill to send in a check to have an appliance picked up . That sends a strong message to say this community is interested in recycling . I would go further to support pay-as-you-throw . At the time that the once a week pickup was enacted there was a lot of discussion around pay-as-you throw . At the time it appeared there was a lot going on . Our elected officials and appointed staff need to do what is right and if pay-as-you-throw is a way to reinforce recycling then I support pay-as-you-throw . The need to reduce waste is especially important as we are not building a landfill in our County . 2