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Minutes - Regular Meeting <br /> Solid Waste Advisory Board <br /> September 3, 2009 <br /> Approved November 5, 2009 <br /> strong feeling that the Durham site is not appropriate a reaffirmation of the statement <br /> would be in order . Part of the reason the Durham site was brought up was to suggest <br /> nity to site a new transfer station that would be <br /> that there might be an opportu <br /> convenient to both Orange and Durham counties . In preliminary conversations with <br /> the City of Durham it was clear any improvements they did to their station would <br /> occur at, the current location. That makes any cooperative agreement much less <br /> attractive than one sited nearby [closer to Orange County] might be . I think there is <br /> less likelihood that Orange County will actively pursue that. I think we are still going <br /> to talk to them [City of Durham] in the case that we need to, on a temporary basis, <br /> take some of our solid waste to Durham . <br /> Guild asks if the 10-acre property is the property that was purchased from the woman <br /> who is deceased now . <br /> Wilson replies no . The 10-acre property [that could be a transfer station site] is <br /> located adjacent to The Blackwood property which is about 100 acres and next to it. <br /> Guild asks so there is no part of that [Blackwood] property being considered at this <br /> point. <br /> Yuhasz states that no part of that specific property purchased from the Blackwoods is <br /> being considered for waste transfer purposes . In fact there are specific deed <br /> restrictions on using that property for that purpose . <br /> Sassaman asks does anyone feel a strong need or think it would be worthwhile to <br /> make any kind of recommendation to the commissioners at this point. <br /> With no comments we will move on . <br /> Other - None <br /> 5 . Board Member Comments Vickers states that looking at the recycling brochure, I <br /> have some planter boxes that are type 2 HDPE but the brochure says don' t put that in <br /> the recycling bin but ' type 2' it is one of the preferred plastics . <br /> Taylor states that the plastic that is in the flower pots [injection molded plastic] <br /> behaves differently when it is melted and can' t be mixed with bottles in terms of <br /> processing the material . It has a different melting index . The markets right now are <br /> mostly welcoming bottled plastics which are blow-molded . We are anticipating to <br /> add at the end of this month a specialty plastics collection at the drop -off sites which <br /> target the injected molded plastics . <br /> 16 <br />