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a4 AdditienWly, in the adoped plan. the cuvent yard waste mulching program was r<[aivM. The adopted plan contains aggrr_ssive gaols of 05 % per capita waste mdudiev in 2001 (we coached about 37%) and fit % pm oepita by2006. AoWevingthese goals will challenge ell of Orange Covet to vwximize its waste reduction eROds. If Ne axiatWg solid waste plan is implemented end a IvIRF is developed, vvivcreel mcycliag is implemented, and the incendves are in place, the Coumy mould subsequently evaluate use of cmnWized compostng andntherme[hoda m address diversion ofadditimW parts ofthe waste stream. Under [he WDSTON stntl$ largascile wmposUng was wtially wpsidercA mm part oCSyslem 2. Tks would have involved a'aveWry' wllAion system in which all discards from all seotms oftbe Cowry w rc m be eened wto 1) a dry component of cans, bonles, usable pepx, tex[des, steep metal etc and 2) a wet 5ectim that would wnsiet ofl'oodwazte, wet papas other orgaWGcompostable mamriW. Due tU the twv stream natwe of Ibis concept, either [he wet m the dry sneamwoWd be sentially'garbage' (i.e. the defaWt sucmv where all We uvrecycleble ox unwmpoeteble materials would eM up aM regvh'e sigWfioant Cprtber pmmssing w bemmketable m usable us feedstocks fnr anypmcess). Odors from comainera ororgaNCS stared et homes and bvswesses for awcck at a Nme on Wse a concern is the wntml NortF Carolina climate. The weVdry system also M1atl fie greatest cost vflhe Ihme approaches exavtived. Tlds system was not ¢elected bythe ]avdFll Oanxs Group member govemmmts, although it had, accordingmthe ovsWmnt's amlysis, the gearost pctenfisl fo[ waste divttsiov (Eom 42% minimum to T um). The adoP[ed system (g}rsfem 1) waz estima[d to produce waste reduction W fhe range, of35%m GO%, and includes v much smalls wale centralized composting operation as a supplement to acovuWlrgtcd materials recovery (aci4ty. The highercos[s of[he weUdry system cwpled with tmhnimVopera4imW iasucs and same wmartainty abw[ lha mazkalebility of a ompast product derivWg 5om such asyatem were sigpi5cmtimpedimmts. FYvther, Nere were ms about facility siting. Finally, Nc risks of[he systemwerejudged to ezcad the potevtiffi benefim. Composfiog ofwurce-separated organics was notindwled az part of tM1e adopted planner was a epcciftc methodology frr managing eomtrvedon and demolitlm was[ac. iamefimre, and presumably following implemmtatien af[hc 9alid Wee[e btenagcmcnt Pls¢ approved by the BOCC iv Ivve 199J fm submission m the State and affirmed in September 2000 , acme memos of addresshrg orgevica would be veccesarym achieve maximum wazte rMucrion in Omnge County. Current Publicly Overated Comoostine EIIorts At present, Ormge Covet has scvcrW successful effom to divert orgmics from ImWfilling: Yartl Waste Mvlchivg: Our yard wale nmlehing program has been in operation since 1993 in accoNmecwith emslaw prolilbidng landfilling oFymd wazte. We have sold or pmduetlvely used everybitnf yard waste, averaging over 6,000~ons per year lm lhepaxt five years not including 1996 when Hurricme fYav gavems a litnal windfall ofmateriaL TMs pmgam continues its popularity and Nc demand [or Ws product is outsvippir~g supply. CommerGal FOOd Waste: Weconvac[foroollcGion ot[UCd wasm from 131ocW esiabliahmcuta for private composting in GOldstov, NOrth Cazolme. TNS modesiprogam diverts about 800 tone