Agenda 02-06-24; 7-a - Presentation of the Draft Solid Waste Master Plan

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13 The Department also manages the County's comprehensive 4.2 I Commercial a n d Recycling Collection Programs for residential and commercial Institutional Waste entities. A component of the residential recycling program includes the County's operation of five(5)Waste and Recycling For commercial recyclables collection,Orange County provides Centers(WRCs)located throughout the County,which are free single-stream recycling collection (subject to available to residents to collect conventional single-stream recycling funding) to all bars, restaurants, and other commercial and corrugated cardboard. Four(4)of the WRCs are available establishments in the county. The County provides collection to residents 24 hours per day. In addition to their typical for all local government buildings and Orange County Water household recyclables (for instance plastics, metals, glass, and Sewer Authority (OWASA) buildings. The Public Schools paper,and cardboard),two (2) of them include opportunities are serviced through fee-based contracts negotiated directly for residents to drop off Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) with the individual school system.'Collection of MSW from all and food waste. commercial establishments,businesses,and industrial centers The collection of trash(also known as municipal solid waste or is provided by private waste collection companies,and the total MSW)is provided to County residents by the towns themselves. amount of commercial and industrial MSW which is collected in The specific programs offered, the service levels, the amount the county is unknown at this time. of material managed,and the collection costs vary by town.To view the residential collection services offered by each town 4.3 Construction & and in the unincorporated areas, including the locations that Demolition Waste each town delivers their collected materials to after collection, The Countyoperates a Construction and Demolition(C&D)waste as well as the prices charged per ton,see Appendix A. landfill at the Eubanks Road Facility.The Landfill is permitted The County provides single-stream recycling collection services by the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality for residential households, multifamily units, commercial (NC DEQ) and is in Phase 2 of its development. For further business locations,and government buildings in the Towns of information about the C&D program, including the amount of Carrboro,Hillsborough,and Chapel Hill through an agreement C&D waste disposed of by residents and commercial haulers,as with GFL. Recycling carts are provided at no charge to each well as the operating hours and disposal fees,see Appendix A. residence. Single-stream recyclables are collected from these Through discussions with County operations management,it is urban areas by GFL weekly and in rural areas(outside of the understood that C&D waste generated in the County is disposed incorporated limits)on a biweekly basis by the Orange County of in several C&D facilities in and adjacent to the County.A more Solid Waste Management Department. Both GFL and the thorough evaluation of C&D facilities other than the County's County deliver the single-stream recyclables to the County's will yield a better understanding of the present C&D waste Eubanks Road facility for subsequent transfer to the WM tonnages generated in the County. An additional opportunity material recovery facility(MRF)in Raleigh,NC. to capture C&D waste tonnage information would arise from The total costs of the MSW,recycling,and yard waste collection the reactivation of the County's hauler licensing and annual programs, including the costs of tonnage collection, disposal, reporting ordinance. overhead, and cost per household, are outlined in detail in Appendix A. Interlocal Agreement-Co.and Towns 2018.Appendix B.provided by Orange County Solid Waste Department Orange County,North Carolina Solid Waste Master Plan:The Road to Zero WasteRArG ORANGE 11 August 2023 ( 0UIYCOUNTY