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Project Information <br />*Please submit for each project if applying for funding for more than one project. <br />6.Project Name:Paid Compost Monitors for the Eno River Farmers’ Market <br />Community Compost Collec-on <br />7.Please briefly describe the <br />proposed project and the target <br />popula-on to benefit from the <br />program. How many people <br />will benefit? (100-300 words) <br />This project will provide con-nued funding for compost <br />monitors at the ERFM Community Compost Collec-on site. <br />Compost monitors provide the needed oversight to ensure that <br />only compostable items are collected. The monitors also provide <br />educa-on to community members about compos-ng and <br />encourage household compost collec-on. This helps Orange <br />County to decrease the amount of waste going to landfills, <br />reduce methane emissions at the landfill, reduce transporta-on <br />to a Waste and Recycling Center to drop off food waste, and will <br />lead to the crea-on of rich compost that will increase the <br />carbon capture of the soil in Orange County and the surrounding <br />area. This past year. <br />Based on current program data and average Hillsborough <br />household size of 2.23, we es-mate that an average of 378 local <br />residents per month u-lize this collec-on site. Many community <br />members have expressed apprecia-on for the Compost <br />Collec-on at the Farmers’ Market: they are no longer having to <br />make the longer car trip to the Walnut Grove Waste and <br />Recycling Center; others who never composted before are <br />star-ng to do so; others who were already compos-ng at home <br />are apprecia-ve of the fact that they can bring items to the <br />ERFM Community Compost Collec-on site that they cannot <br />compost in their back yard, since the compostables are <br />processed by Brooks Contractors, who u-lize a broader range of <br />compostables. <br />ERFM draws primarily from northern Orange County, which is an <br />area that is ohen leh out of climate ini-a-ves. In addi-on, most <br />of Orange County waste is sent to a landfill in Sampson County, <br />where a poor minority community has had to deal with the <br />smell and pollu-on of the mega landfill in their backyard. <br />Reducing the waste in Orange County that ends up in the landfill <br />will have a posi-ve impact on residents in Sampson County as <br />well. <br /> Page of 7 22 <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: 9FB641C3-C7F6-4609-BE4A-71829032AD83