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Minutes - Regular Meeting Solid Waste Advisory Board May 1 , 2008 Approved June 5, 2008 Vickers states there is concern about covenants that restrict how close to property lines you can put things might impact if composting bins can be placed in subdivisions like Lake Hogan farms . Tipton notes that there are now worm bins and composting bins in Morrison dorms . Wilson adds that we are discussing the possibility at the new Hwy 57 site of putting a food waste receptacle there . We still need to talk to the Health Department. We also would have to service it every other day . Norwood states that if there was some way to motivate people to use the compost bins instead of having them at the convenience centers I think the thing that stinks the most in your garbage is the stuff you can compost, so if that wasn' t in your garbage then you wouldn' t empty it as often which would mean less bags going through the system especially if they went to Pay-As-You-Throw . Tipton states that there is a difference between composting and collecting food waste . In a high-volume area to expect them to compost, is a big expectation . Collecting food waste to send it to a large scale composter is different. Vickers notes that stabilizing the compostable material so it doesn' t smell is a problem . Pollock states that most communities that have incorporated food waste into their curbside recycling have either been northern, like Toronto Canada, or they fold it into their yard waste like San Francisco or other cities where yard waste has to be contained and it goes to a composting facility, instead of a yard waste facility . I would make residential food waste collection a low priority but urge composting or other ways of food waste minimization instead . As prices go up the economics of composting may change . Smith states that I know two people that are actively composting but I know three people that are burning in a barrel . 6 . Programs/Services Update Solid Waste Operations Center Wilson states that construction is progressing . There has been a lot of rain interference and delay . There has also been a slight problem with the soil [not] meeting the compaction test which causes the need to raise the building up 18 inches and the parking lot a foot. This will cost about $150, 000 or so . We have to redesign that and have a big change order . The property is a lot damper than anyone thought, even at the upper [north] end . We will bring in soil and put matting down. The dirt we get for landfill cover would not qualify as structural fill . 5