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20 <br /> 6.1 1 Road to Zero Waste Scenarios and Recommendations <br /> Three scenarios were developed to help guide the County in advancing an effective Road to Zero Waste strategy.The three scenarios require <br /> varying degrees of infrastructure,funding,and programming.The evaluation of recommendations includes the following elements:public <br /> input,financial impacts,environmental impacts,equity impacts,and lifecycle impacts.They are listed as follows: <br /> No current facility changes,no new programs,and current program adjustments.Includes an additional 4full-time employees and <br /> $200,000 estimated to cover materials and fees.-LOWESTCOST,LEASTIMPACT. <br /> Recommendation <br /> Update website/zero waste imagery,feature increased transparency;Ongoing public <br /> 1l1 Marketing education&social media posting;Expand use of the app;Create tangible rallying <br /> point with interim success indicator in 2030. <br /> 1 B Marketing Focus on all language speakers in signage/messaging. <br /> 1C Waste Prevention Raise awareness on reuse and waste prevention(refillables). <br /> 1 D Policy Advocate for more material bans and revise solid waste ordinance. <br /> 1E Policy Create County-level commercial and multifamily recycling requirements. <br /> 1F Partnerships Innovation partnerships with UNC and UNC health system. <br /> 1G Waste Prevention County purchasing for waste prevention and ag related to food waste. <br /> Consider becoming part of resuse marketplace.Options: <br /> 1.Materials Marketplace,a national virtual platform that facilitates connections to <br /> advance waste diversion of hard-to-recycle waste and by-products to become raw <br /> 1H Waste Prevention materials. <br /> 2.North Carolina DEQ NC Waste Trader,a free staff-managed materials marketplace <br /> for post-industrial waste and surplus commodities with markets. <br /> ► Scenario 1 leads to an additional 15,000 tons of material diverted from the landfill. <br /> ► The total annual cost of Scenario 1 is$628,438.The impact on the SWPF would be$9.66 per Household per year. <br /> COUNTYOrange County,North Carolina <br /> ORANGE 60 Solid Waste Master Plan: The Road to Zero Waste <br />