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Lvicel Covcrnmwt Buntline Rwvelm <br />AttacbmentA <br />TTe Departmnt of $oltd Waste Management requests approval of the new Awyclivg <br />Materiels Hwdler pesition (grade fi2), at a pmpoaod eWary of 526,221 plus benefits in <br />oNa to implemwl a vansitien m a upifomy in-house recycling efinrt iv 811 IocW <br />goverrwwt buildng. The pruponioval cost of Wia program including staff rime, wek, <br />%bmga and supplies is projaoted et $36368. That ess~es 40% of We position's <br />workload aM We 5rst year, hhwg m September. lLe progam will Wso require a wcq <br />aWrage and processing space for wllued memnals <br />Curtwtly xayclables hr goverrunent bwldwg m Ornge Couvty, HillsbmvugM1, Chapel <br />Hill, end C boce are wlleaed wda a vmlery o£ schemes, diffaem typee of mataiele <br />collected under differing cirwmstmces evd diffexevt coat mnames. This posidon will <br />arable the Deperhuent of Sohd W sac Managemnt to opiate the existing Gorcmmwt <br />Dwld'mgs Rmyclmg Program more efficiently mid mare cost-effectively Om analysis <br />below proJeas a savings of 542,000 wdudmg W-houac labor avd vehicle time, for Ma <br />omen[ pmgmm over six yeah (projected life of program servitt vebicle) avd rcvwue <br />from sale vfrccyclables. <br />The Solid WaaL=Managemwr Department now convazts out the rccy<livg in govzrmawt <br />buildings in the Tmvns of Chapd EDII, Camboro avd some CovnTy-oxmed or operated <br />building located within Tawv limits oCChapnl Hill and Carrboro (see Atmchmwt I) [o <br />We private f of Orange Recycling Services. Orange County Public Works collects <br />fivm County-owned a opaatcd bvildage vot in Chapel Hill or Caaboro (Adechmwt 2). <br />After OC Pubhe Works collects We ma[enals in FIillsbmvugM1 end Nor[hem Oraugc <br />Cowtg [hay deposit We matainls fox collecfiov by eiWa Omvgc Recycling Servioes or <br />OC Solid Waste Mwegemen[ (Wrough [hc dmpolf silo pmgrem). Town of EliDebomugh <br />currwtly mcwles those mmeriaL that <vn be collected m the Comly'a cufiaidv program <br />by seNng Wem ov[ at the mob at some buildings. Town staff deposits office papa ivto <br />We mixed papa eontainas at dtapo¢siles and uthermatedals arc akao mkrn to recycling <br />dropoflsites by Town smR. <br />Many rccyGable itans are not wftectrA by O[nge Recycling Services w wma IooW <br />govmwwt buildiugs located in CMpel Hill and Cemboro. At dtox locafions. We Solid <br />Waste Management Departmenq through contracts fox mcyclivg cvllecfion xvth Waste <br />Indvsnleq offers embside wd/or mWtifamily-style recycling, whoa possible and the <br />demand exlste. Whw Waste Wdwtries rannvlservice a specific site Wo tlriva 5vm We <br />County-oparnted c amial glass route or one o[ the Solid Waste Management <br />Deparrmem field or office ataH coDecls the exlm maRriWa The cprrwt program and <br />precese u complex xnd ill-defin d with muldple layers and players. <br />Analysis by We Solid Wesle Management Depvrhvmt has shown that ala5ew operate a <br />single integatal, county-wide loeW gavemmw[ bvildiug rcoyolmg colleuien program <br />e efficienly wd coat-effectively [hw we cu rent system if we was to wllect <br />pmoees, aM dcliva lp mmka the matMals genaated by Were multiple pregame. <br />AdditiarWly, OC $olitl Waste Managemem would he able to offer a stazWazdizd <br />peogazn to oWa local xnvemmwl buildings within the Comty. This consolidazion also <br />