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Minutes - Regular Meeting <br /> Solid Waste Advisory Board <br /> August 6, 2009 <br /> Approved September 3, 2009 <br /> Sassaman states that to make things easier for us to look through all the reports can <br /> you email all the reports together for each bullet. <br /> Pollock agrees . <br /> Sassaman states that in talking earlier we decided to have a summary of the list of <br /> decisions made by the group . In addition to that a list of decision that needs to be <br /> made would also be useful . <br /> Guild states that the list also needs to be prioritized for what needs to happen first. <br /> Sassaman states that that is a good idea but it might be done at the work group <br /> meeting when the county and municipal representatives are there . We need buy in <br /> from the municipalities . <br /> Norwood asks Blair, you mentioned tonnage for commercial recycling, do you have a <br /> figure of what that might be . <br /> Pollock states that of the 50, 000 to 60, 000 tons probably about 40 % of that is <br /> commercial waste . From the waste sorts we know that 30 % of that is readily <br /> recyclable materials . <br /> Yuhasz states that when you talk about commercial recycling is that recycling from <br /> commercial facilities or is that recycling of different type of material . <br /> Pollock states that in this community because the commercial sector is so service - <br /> oriented it would be similar to the waste stream to residential . You might see a <br /> preponderance of office paper rather than news and magazines . The other things <br /> you might think about like scrap metal, wood, ' widgets' from production, we don' t <br /> see that much of because we banned wood and scrap metal and we have little <br /> production . <br /> Yuhasz states that the 35 % unserved in the unincorporated part of the county by <br /> d the decision has been made not to expand .curbside recycling, you Sal <br /> Pollock replies for this fiscal year . <br /> Yuhasz asks if those people pay the same 3-R fee as everyone else . <br /> Pollock states that every improved property pays the basic fee of $37 and those that <br /> have rural curbside service pay an additional $38 for the service . <br /> 5 <br />