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Page | 11 <br /> <br /> <br />collection, staffed and unstaffed recycling drop-off sites, hazardous waste, electronics recovery and public outreach and <br />education. Tax-exempt facilities such as churches also pay the fee and are eligible for services. <br /> <br />UNC Chapel Hill and UNC Health Care each has its own recycling and waste management system thus they do not pay the <br />County’s SWPF and do not receive County recycling services and do not use the Orange County waste and recycling <br />system. <br />5.4.1 Recycling Tonnages by Program <br />Table 2 lists the recycling tonnage collected in FY 19-20 by program and approximate number of participating units. All <br />conventional recyclables that the County collects single-stream from its curbside, drop-off, commercial, multifamily, <br />school and government facilities programs are delivered to a central location and consolidated for shipment by County- <br />owned and operated tractor trailers to a MRF in Raleigh NC. Corrugated cardboard is collected separately in all but <br />curbside programs to retain its market value. Other recyclable materials (mattresses, plastic film, oyster shells, textiles, <br />etc.) are managed in a variety of ways depending on the material and market. <br /> <br />Program Units Tons FY 19-20 <br />Urban Curbside 20,400 4,680 <br />Rural Curbside 23,700 4,318 <br />Staffed WRC (5) 5 997 <br />Unstaffed Recycling Sites 4 822 <br />Multi-Unit Housing 16,700 908 <br />Commercial (est) 500 770 <br />Corrugated Cardboard <br />(from 9 drop-offs, landfill and 10 private sites) 29 1,452 <br />Government Buildings, Public Schools, Other Public Sites <br />(Away From Home) 109 437 <br />Food Scrap Collection 45 1,177 <br />Total 15,740 <br /> <br /> <br />A. Urban Curbside is operated under a contract between the County and GFL, formerly known as Waste Industries, <br />which provides weekly curbside automated collection in 95 gallon carts to all 20,400 single family residential units in <br />the three Towns. Monthly participation rate (percent of houses setting out at least once a month) is about 75%. Rural <br />curbside is every other week collection with 90% of rural participants or more using 95 gallon carts and automated <br />collection, less than 10% use a set of two each 18 gallon bins. Monthly participation rate is about 60%. Rural curbside <br />recyclables and recyclables from most other programs are collected by County staff in County-owned and operated <br />vehicles. <br /> <br />B. Drop-off Recycling: There are two components to the drop-off program. There are five staffed WRCs, open to all <br />County residents regardless of jurisdiction but not to non-residential users. The WRCs accept single stream <br />recyclables, separated corrugated cardboard and bulky rigid plastics. The WRCs also offer MSW and bulky goods <br />disposal as well as a variety of other recycling services at two sites including collection of textiles, food scraps and <br />plastic bags. A wide variety of other recyclable materials including: tires, white goods, scrap metal, yard waste and <br />clean wood waste are also accepted at WRCs along with residential MSW and bulky items for disposal. Four of the <br />five WRCs feature actively used ‘salvage sheds’ or ’swap shops’ for exchange of reusable goods. In addition, four <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: 00C54720-9DC0-4A3D-ABED-77E0FD28E0CD