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• What quantity ofmatmala will the pmgam collect? How much willtins program cos[md how will those costs be bome4 Accented Materials and Mazkete~ The Depmvumt of Solid waste Management would initially accept compu[ere, wmputer onitom and wmputer related dwieea. The Iovgm-term goal would be m expand this program to accept tdevieions, ~ maohinas, ®d ¢teraa and video wmpavmts. It is also ommmded that we accept electronics from residents of Orange Comty, govervmeat agencies within Oange County, the school systems widtiv Orange Cevvty, and, on a Ivnikd basis, from busivcsau within Orange County. Finally, the concept of sherivg Ne ymse of mmaging these materials with those who use the pmgam is en option. For example, 3t oould ba posstbla to oharga the busirusace or governmental egenciw, ae well residents, who wish m recycle wmputer movimrs a tip ree or co-pay charge on the order 55.00 for arch computer monitor they vd¢6 to have mcycled. It should be noted that the concept of charging for recycling service is a depMme Sow the typical Ormgc County recydingpradice o£pmvidiug wlleetion ¢mica at no charge. Decisiev¢ abom what mamrials will be accepted by m electrotucs program me driven m many ways by the availability v[ markets and the amount v£ money the progam is prepared to apcM in oN¢ to divert she specific ma[eriale from laud-based disposil. Markets for computers, computer monitosa, and wmputm pmphemis (printers, keyboard, mice, etc.) are the mdse common and dre most eeovomieelly feasible ro access. roc this reasory cart' and wake county limit their colleudonrothese items. Markets for other port-eoreumer elmWVirs such ere etaeo egwpmmq VCRs; telephones, fire macbives, and other pvstroendnvner electronos d exist' but U~ese items typically present less of n threvt m IandSlls iv [wens of potmriel wntaminelfom and the value err the re vcrcd material is curtendy neglixdble. NuMm the markets for the nfnramentional post-cronenmcr aleotroines tend to ba different Sum those that handle computers. Televisiws repmsent a particular challenge whey it comes m mmagenhmt for mcyding. Televieiom and other Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) boaring items wvtain an averege of ] to 8 pounds of lead per unit WIWe Computer Monitma contain CRTs, there is a significant demmw ror reinmiaheartepaima mnnitom, eapeeiatly m nowme¢ om¢me ue us. Tnia demand does not exist far uecd rolevisione. Further, es the change to di®m1 televisiw rakes place w May of 2003, and as s upgada m televisions with diptil capobitiry and / or m televisions withchigher 9ualiry picnuee (nit tlmsity or high daMifion talevieione, also called EIDTVs), the numbu oP televisions mraing We waste strewn is expected m skyrocket. Recycling options £or televisions arc currently rare, cold typically ezpm¢ive. As the aemand for this service grows, it is mticip~ated that more rwyoling op4iona£yr televisions will become available. Cotlecfionlocations~ The Depattmen[ proposes to operate a drop-off progam for the collection of elnetroniee, accepting these materials at the Ovmge. Comty Sohd We¢te Commieme Centers and at lbe Otmge Carmry LaM51t. TTe dropped off metenals will be collected from the drop- off poiws by the RMH, who wiR proaass these inazcriale and prepare them Ibr sMpmmt