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2 <br />A discussion took place of the plans of Chapel Hill with Carrboro and Hillsborough to proceed <br />with issuance of an RFP for curbside and other recycling services and how that process might <br />affect the current integrated recycling program between the County and the Towns. Staff feels <br />confident that current County collection and processing efficiencies will be confirmed by the <br />process. <br /> <br />Programs & Services Update <br /> <br />Walnut Grove Road expanded site re-opening has gone smoothly and the staff are learning how <br />to operate the site as the public learns how to use it. <br /> <br />May 30 will be a Solid Waste Forum at the Chapel Hill Public Library hosted by Chapel Hill <br />Sustainability Committee and Orange County Commission on the Environment. 6pm – 8:30pm <br />All present at the SWAB meeting except Remus Smith are featured speakers. <br /> <br />A discussion of Pay As You Throw updated the group on past efforts to consider PAYT for each <br />of the Towns and the County and how that had not been implemented but studied and <br />considered several times. There was a general consensus that waste disposed per household <br />was already generally low in Orange County and it might be wiser to first implement curbside <br />recycling roll carts and see how much that further reduced waste before considering PAYT <br />which is more complex and politically challenging. It was also noted the a company in the area <br />had been aggressively marketing PAYT to various local elected officials although they had the <br />information on how low disposal amounts already were and how their marketing efforts had not <br />made for fruitful discussions of the current set of problems confronting local recycling programs. <br /> <br />Board Member Comments: Jan Sassaman gave closing remarks about the SWAB, presented a <br />letter of resignation from SWAB he distributed to local elected officials recommending that there <br />be some sort of forum in the future to continue public input on solid waste issues and <br />acknowledging that the June 30 closing of the landfill will apparently coincide with the <br />dissolution of the current interlocal agreement and the SWAB itself. He noted that this would be <br />the final SWAB meeting unless he was directed otherwise by elected officials. <br /> <br />Pollock presented the SWAB with a celebratory cake <br /> <br />Adjourned: 8:10pm. <br /> <br />