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Minutes - Regular Meeting Solid Waste Advisory Board May 7, 2009 Approved June 3, 2009 Norwood points out that the smell is obvious when this is being done . Spire states that we' re putting garbage on top of garbage and then we recover it with daily cover to reduce odor but we are trying to make the landfill last as long as we can. Yuhasz asks Paul what has the extended life done to increase the probability that we will actually get a transfer station built in time . Spire states that the only thing I can say is that we are putting as much trash in that hole as we possibly can . We are maximizing our compaction with our new [heavier] compactor . We' re making more space through, for example recycling 2, 000 mattresses from UNC . Without standing the slopes up we would not have made it. Making it on time will depend on acquiring the land and getting the design and permitting done . Best Paper Recycling Community Award - American Forest & Paper Association Pollock states that we won the national best community paper recycling award from the American Forest & Paper Association. There is a short film that highlights the program - www . afandpa . org . There were 126 submittals so it was very competitive . One of the things we tried to point out was the ubiquitous nature of recycling in our county and that it is an expectation that everywhere you go it is going to be available . We are particularly proud that we have had 22 years of good support from the public . Compost Bins Sales Pollock states that we have been selling compost bins at cost for the last eight years . We have an opportunity to consider selling the bins for $10 over cost and recovering some of our other costs and still provide them at about half the standard retail cost. I don' t know how much the demand will change if we went from $40 to $50 . Norwood states that not knowing what you intend to add to what we recycle but if the public were told it would cost $5 or $10 more for the compost bins and the money would go towards a specific project might make people happy . Sassaman asks would it make sense to try it for six months or a year to see . Pollock replies a pilot might make sense . Solid Waste Plan Work Group Pollock states that the work group has not been that active since the last meeting since December, the transfer station issue and the budget have taken all the solid waste [staff] attention . We do feel it will be time to get back to the business of solid waste management plan. What we are doing right now is finishing up phone conversations with our consultant RRSI to bring us a 13