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30 <br />Solid Waste Management -AecycGag Specialist (Coastroctiau and <br />Demolition Education and Enforcement Specialist) <br />Fequea: To establish a new permanent PoII-time Recycnr[g Spaisli¢t position. <br />Pu+pose: Tn educate builders, dwclopcrs and waste healers regarding the County's new <br />oreo-ucdvv and dem0litien ordinance requiring a separation of reeyclebla materials, and <br />to evfometbe ordinance atjob eiles wld adnwlisvadvely. <br />o Educave thedevelopmen[and waste hauling commonityov the new constmction arW <br />demolition sepavdon ordinance. <br />u havide[ecbniwl assistance on methods for wmplivuce.vitlt the ordinanw. <br />0 0n[orce the ordinance thmugh7ob site visits wdin¢pecdons v[heWivg veWclce anhe <br />landfill. <br />o Coordirate with other local governmen+s in Orange COenty[o msum ordinance <br />enforcement, inclndmg theprohibitions andrestnetions ov openbuming. <br />~ Maintain awareness of[eGmical impmvemenis in the field of canetmefion wd <br />demolition wvle recycling. <br />u Theanard uCCOUnty Coimnissioners hu expcesseda desve to redact consweti0n <br />and demohtiov (C&D) wastes et the landfill by ereerivg an oNinance that pmhbirs <br />open bwning of dm'clopmrnt relvted wlid waste and [hc burial of regulated <br />recyclable mazen'als, iaclnWng drywall, sorap matvl, and clean woad waste @oln <br />building vetivities. To effectively Waste the development commvniry and hauls of <br />these materials, and m adequatel}' enforce the ordinance, an addifionvl Recy<lmg <br />speranr¢u¢neeaea. <br />o Currently, more drwa 2,000 developmenr permits are iasucdamually iv Orange <br />County. All of vba buildingjobs will gmeraze t'eguWmd recyclable matadal¢ and will <br />mwe[osneedto bepoticedmevaure ramplianacwith separation requir®rnts. Tlus <br />will rcgoire a signiGeana level of educvnvg bvitdem, developers, and coda <br />®tbrcernevl omciale m WI juriaAO[ions m the Coamty. <br />o Additionally, the landfill has war 250 active eccom[s and moatoAhesewill require <br />Iiccnaing oftheirhaWecs to cnsvm compliance to the recycling requitanents. This <br />also will require a signlflcan[ level o[educatwg lheee hvulem about the oMinanee (as <br />wep az p[opa impaLiun oftha hvahng vehicles once at the I®[dfilp. <br />