2019-895-E Solid Waste - NCDEQ grant for glass separation infrastructure

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Apartment manager sent e-mails to tenants; subsequently the County provided door-to-door information (see attachment 5) and offered free, washable tote bags to the first thirty homes to sign up. That site now generates about 1,300 pounds of source separated high quality glass a month. (3 carts of glass every two weeks – see attachment 4) April – June 2019 Additional pilot sites added from April through June include two commercial complexes with a preponderance of glass bottles and jar generators – restaurants and bars - complexes in Carrboro, and a new mixed use apartment and commercial complex also in Carrboro (see attachment 4). Those sites became operational as of the end of June. The two ‘glass-heavy’ commercial sites are now yielding a total of up to about 8 carts (~1,600 lbs.) of source-separated glass weekly. County-- generated educational material used for outreach at commercial sites (Attachment 5). Phase 2 Staffed Drop-off sites/Waste and Recycling Centers July- September 2019 Pilot at two staffed waste and recycling centers providing new roll-off containers, advanced publicity and on-site public education to encourage glass separation by site users; followed by implementation at the other three staffed sites by September 2019. Phase 3 Unstaffed Drop-off Sites September – October 2019 Pilot separated glass roll-offs at two of four unstaffed drop-off sites, signage placed at sites 1 month in advance to educate the public that on “this date glass only boxes are coming” along with on-site public education urging the public to participate. As long as the staffed sites are successful we will look to do this at our unstaffed sites. The other two unstaffed sites could be added in November. Phase 4A “Glass-Heavy” Commercial September – November 2019 Confirm the location, placement of carts, and number of carts needed at each commercial site. Check route list to see which stops would be considered “glass heavy” (i.e. restaurants, bars). Replace some existing older carts with new carts, especially for glass to ensure long-term use. Separating glass out from our main commercial pickups will change recycling at these commercial locations and remaining single stream material may be collected less frequently and compacted more Letters are to be sent to each property manager and to business owner(s) to distribute to their tenants informing them of the change to another set of glass-only carts. Site visits will be done to evaluate the number of “glass-only” carts needed and remove any single stream carts as necessary. Outreach and education to be completed at all the affected businesses. Carts will be delivered. Glass-only route will be established initially the using existing fleet. Note: This step will serve as a precursor to deciding what the commercial route looks like moving forward. It may evolve into a glass-only route with single-stream being secondary. We anticipate needing to look into a more cost effective approach to service glass-only commercial route rather than having an extra truck/route for it in FY19-20. DocuSign Envelope ID: 70D8DD00-0712-4FFB-A412-CD2A7FF1E38B