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z; <br />Cost Im acts <br />Cost of total increased frequency of site service is difficult to estimate. Staff <br />determines that hauling each box of mixed paper to market takes a mitumum of one <br />hour at $50 per hour ($109 when contracted out). Each container of cans and bottles <br />takes one hour to service at $50 (or $71 when contracted) and three hours to sort and <br />process (about $50 additional). Because several materials, including corrugated <br />cazdboazd and mixed paper, are collected only at dropoff sites, it is difficult to <br />determine the impact of PAYT on dropoff collections. <br />An estimated 900 tons of residential recyclables from Chapel Hill of the types <br />currently collected only at dropoff sites are now landfilled. PAYT could cause some <br />fraction of that tonnage to shift from waste disposal to recycling. In addition some <br />curbside program users recycle theix curbside materials at the dropoff sites. <br />• Site cleaning is currently a one man-day per week task, which could increase due to <br />anticipated illegal dumping and increased incidental littering at the dropoff locations. <br />C. Impact of PAYT on the current solid waste drop off services at the Solid Waste <br />Convenience Centers (SWCC). <br />Operational Impacts <br />Under current solid waste management structure, Town residents, as County <br />taxpayers, have the right to use County Solid Waste Convenience centers for waste <br />disposal as well as recycling. Town residents who wish to legally avoid additional <br />waste disposal costs under PAYT, might deposit their waste at the SWCC's thus <br />decreasing their own costs while increasing the County's disposal costs and workload <br />at the convenience centers. <br />The SWCC at Eubanks Road is closest to Town limits and therefore the one most <br />likely to be used. Waste disposal capacity has already been reached on the weekend, <br />with dumpsters reported by Orange County Public Works staff to often be full by <br />Saturday afternoon before the Center closes. Traffic already backs up onto Eubanks <br />Road on busy weekends. Additional traffic might cause some increased need to <br />manage vehicle flow safely as well as tax the ability of the center to absorb the <br />increased volume of material. <br />Cost Impacts <br />• The cost impact of this type of waste shifting is indeterminate at this time. <br />4 <br />