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per yeaz of food waste, oe vt estimated 30%ofwhat we helieve would be Mc rcaMly available emnmercial food waste in Orange County, where readily available is considered one-halfthe 3,900 mns of food waste discarded awuapy from [his sector. A doubling o[Me level ofexpcnMnve for the avrrnt coatrected prog¢m, might produce arwMer 400 to 600 ions amuat food waste divemien as the high volume establishments are generally aln:ady in the system. ]fie uWt cost of Mvertwg the next increment ofcommercial organic waste woWd Idrely be covrdembly ffieater Man [ba Damn[ $75 par toq as themosa'pwdactivd and willing sites arc already generally M tlae program. Bukvsrd Compost BMS: Avnually, Orange Cowry Solid Waste Menegemem conducts a sale of Fackyard mmpwt bws ro enwwege Mehome composting ofboM food wd yard waste. Om sales are steady at about 3006ivs per yeaz. We e9timatq based on surveys ofbin-buyers, that abou[nuc half of local campwters include frod waste in their bma roar diverts en estimated t50 pounds Per householdper year, assuming 50%offood waste is composted. We also maivtaiv Or support fow omposl demonsva[iw sites and cpnsmntly conduct school-based pmgams that include both wnv®dwzl composdug and vermi-compeetivg vsingwovns. Indmtrlnl Wood Wmmle for Colore4 Mulch: M the spring v[2001, the landfill began a diversion project ro remove covsruetlov and indusVlat wood waste from the wrote stream for producfion of colored mulch. W a are now YenivarketingMot product. We estimate t11aI ea much of20°/o of0e onsrmdion wd danolitionwaste m up to 6,000 tons per year is wpaivted wtrwsed wood. Ovice the maker test is complete on the caloredmulch, ow diversion effort will increase wd be made part of any larger C&D recycling effort. AMmre CffiD recycliag ordinwce }vill ino[eose tba share of the 6,000 twsthat is diverted [or productive ranee. Some of this wood wWd beuecdW applications oMa~bw colored mulch. $mtl'betieves mos[of this clcav wood waste can be converted ivto mulch and sold. If Orwge Cowry eLSO implements a landcleatlng debris-rmycling pmffinm, corvsiduable edditiovW (eedsmckswould potentially be available for oornposting. Conclusions Solid Waste smRbelieves that a Mtum effort to inemase diversion of orgwlc waste kom eftlw the MS W stream or the C@- stream Meuldbe Momughly c vsidered following imptemcnmtien ofthe adopted solid waste plw. The plan now adopted has beenpreviovsly wdossed by ¢II the govermnenta iu the Covoty and well reviewed bytedmical azsd citizens' committees prior ro initial adopdoq Staff beliwce it is well worthwhile ro examine the additiorul wane divesiov drat coWd emtre hnm centralized organire pmceaeing, once prOgrees towards the redue[ievs envisioned under the mechmisms chasm in the Cowry a existing solid wasm plan is well wdaway. Webelleve Met rhea fe potcutiel to divert m npmdYive wmponivg operafion many mnterlWe Mat have little [o m market value. Thcec could include 1wtlcleazMg debris, food waetq drvwWl, low- grade papoq msd evev biosolids from the eewegeke¢tment plants u Ma Connty_ A sepamtc eolleoaw wdpmoeesing effort for mgaWo ¢nd cmnposmble materials is a sigvifiewt oommitmevt requiring more epeeiepzed egvipmenq asite, wdtwMical knowledge. State composting ml<s are now vtflux and posl.ed for pubhe review. Permitting may be diffialt. Local oppositionma omposl operation at Me currem landfld site or oNrr location can reavmably be anticipated. .4dditionalty, existing end propoecd programs seem to aheady adequately m¢nage won ogavics.