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Page | 12 <br /> <br /> <br />unstaffed, recycling-only sites accept single stream recyclables and separated corrugated cardboard. These are in the <br />urban areas at dedicated spots including three shopping centers and one Town Park. <br /> <br />C. Multi-Unit Housing program serves over 80% of multi-unit complexes throughout the County that includes 207 <br />complexes with about 14,000 housing units, The County provides blue recycling roll carts, typically adjoining one or <br />more dumpsters (but not all) at the various complexes. The carts are serviced weekly by the County on regular routes, <br />some of which are interspersed with commercial stops where it’s efficient and logical. Corrugated cardboard is not <br />allowed in carts due to space constraints, but complexes are required by ordinance to keep it out of the trash. Most <br />provide alternate collection using privately serviced dumpsters. Some use manual pick-up or require tenants to <br />transport it to a recycling drop-off site. <br /> <br />D. Commercial Recycling is provided to an estimated one-third or more of business locations throughout the County. <br />The County provides these customers with varying numbers of blue carts based on the average weekly recycling <br />volume. Some businesses have shared sites especially in multi-tenant offices or strip malls or densely developed <br />downtown areas. Corrugated cardboard is handled separately in a manner similar to multi-unit housing. Private <br />haulers provide some commercial services especially where concierge type indoor service or other special service is <br />required, for example, in high-end multi-tenant office buildings. The County provides commercial recycling service to <br />outdoor sites only using roll-carts, staff does not enter buildings or currently collect from dumpsters, compactors or <br />other collection receptacles. <br /> <br />E. Corrugated Cardboard is collected predominantly from public drop off sites, schools and government buildings, and <br />a few private businesses, using mostly dumpsters and a front-loading truck. Three collection locations have <br />compactors served with hook lift trucks. The County has an ordinance that bans disposal of corrugated cardboard and <br />compliance is high, with corrugated cardboard comprising less than 3% by weight of the waste stream according to <br />the most recent Waste Composition Study, see Appendix 3. <br /> <br />F. Government Buildings, Public Schools and Other Public Sites: Away from home (AFH) recycling includes 109 sites <br />and encompasses all local government buildings, downtown urban pedestrian containers in the towns, all local public <br />parks and about 50% of convenience stores with carts at their gas islands for bottle and can collection. The various <br />sites are serviced primarily along dedicated routes by the County with a single employee with a truck. The County <br />collects recyclables under contract to both the County and City school systems and provides roll carts and cardboard <br />dumpsters at each of 37 schools and administration buildings. The County works closely with both local public school <br />systems to limit contamination. Education and outreach to encourage waste reduction and recycling within the <br />schools is done upon request by individual teachers and customized to fit their needs and class focus. There is more <br />potential recyclable and compostable waste within the schools’ waste streams, but a schools’-specific waste <br />composition study is needed for more accuracy. <br /> <br />G. Food Scrap Collection: The County pays a contractor to collect and compost source-separated food scraps and other <br />compostable materials from approximately 52 businesses and three public drop-off sites. The contractor serves these <br />customers several times a week using a mix of roll carts and dumpsters. The program is in transition, gradually <br />shedding larger private customers in favor of smaller customers and more public sites. Private customers who have <br />left the program, have so far continued to contract privately for food scrap management. The City public school <br />system (~200 TPY) and UNC (~700 TPY) contract separately with the same contractor as the County for this service. <br />Other private compost collection contractors are active in the area and there are two, soon-to-be -three, aerobic <br />composting facilities within fifty miles that can accept food waste. <br /> <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: 00C54720-9DC0-4A3D-ABED-77E0FD28E0CD