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I~ <br />~~ <br />Progress Towards the Goals <br />The County has achieved the State Goal of <br />40% reduction per capita by 2001-02. <br />County progrnms encompass both MSW <br />and C&D, which is relatively unusual for a <br />local government in North Carolina, <br />Outline of the (Reduction) Plan <br />"Ihc plan calls for recyclable materials to be <br />wlleIXed commingled (mixed together) from <br />every accessible location in Orange County then <br />sorted m n materials recovery facility.. <br />Collections are conducted by public agencies, <br />private contractors for the Comty and other <br />private contractors woridng for other entities e.g. <br />t1NC has n recycling contractor. <br />Currengy all iccycling is collected source- <br />separnted by type of material and shipped directly„ <br />Getting There from Here <br />Plan scheduled to be phased in over a five year <br />period beginning in 2004-OS and to be complete in <br />?009-IO May be delayed <br />Projected results bring the County very close u> <br />tic 6I%goal without much more C&D recycling <br />then currently. <br />Including more C&D recycling may achieve goal <br />CKD diversion rates now higher than projected <br />No financing mechanism yet chosen to implement <br />the plan County Board has not endorsed schedulm <br /> fit„ <br /> <br />