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26 <br /> 6.3.5 Recommendation #5: Create 6.3.7 Recommendation #7: <br /> County-level Commercial and County Purchasing for Waste <br /> Multi-family Building Recycling Prevention/Soil Health <br /> Requirements Recommendation #7 encourages all purchasing at the County <br /> Recommendation #5 would develop formal requirements for level to include purchasing products made with a percentage of <br /> all commercial and multi-family buildings to separate recyclable recycled content(minimum 25%), which creates a demand for <br /> materials and provide tenants/occupants adequate recycling recycled products and helps sustain local recycling programs. In <br /> infrastructure (i.e. bins, dumpsters) alongside regular waste addition,this recommendation includes connecting agricultural/ <br /> disposal infrastructure. Additionally, the building managers soil services in the County or Cooperative Extension related to <br /> could be required to provide recycling information/guidance to food waste to build partnerships and promote using compost for <br /> all tenants/occupants. building soil health. <br /> Achieving this recommendation means creating County-level Achieving this recommendation means that the County will focus <br /> commercial and multifamily recycling requirements. its purchasing on waste prevention and establishing partnerships) <br /> 6.3.6 Recommendation #6: with local agricultural or Cooperative Extension programs to <br /> Innovation Partnerships with collaborate onfoodwaste/soil health initiatives. <br /> UNC & UNC Health System 6.3.8 Recommendation #8:join a <br /> Recommendation #6 emphasizes that the County continues Reuse Marketplace <br /> collaborating with and expanding its working relationships with Recommendation#8focuses on technology-driven reuse options. <br /> the Universityof North Carolina(UNC)and the UNC Health System There are numerous reuse marketplaces in the public and private <br /> locally. UNC is a large waste generator in the County's service sectors for consideration by the County. Examples include <br /> area.It already offers outreach resources and infrastructure that North Carolina's Waste Trader,Austin's reuse marketplace,and <br /> can help the County implement its Road to Zero Waste Plan and Tennessee's reuse marketplace. <br /> has engaged stakeholders through SWAG and other sustainability <br /> Achieving this recommendation means the County becomes <br /> efforts in the region,which the County should fully engage.UNC <br /> part of a reuse marketplace and diverts material from the <br /> and the UNC health system are vital resources concerning solid <br /> landfill forreuse. <br /> waste management. Expanding the partnership between the <br /> County and UNC involves ramping up communication between <br /> the entities through regularly scheduled on-campus meetings <br /> with stakeholders,as well as joint advertising and promotion of —- CUSTOM CYCLEPEOIAS <br /> waste information within the community,and for the County to connect Businesses R cganizakimsm <br /> &MEN yd Ca11Hnl�nity to e%chang@ allf�iU@,and <br /> consider formalizing for-credit internship opportunities for UNC <br /> r�� ® y1`ed,Ctvnalef"'@ <br /> students. Durham Tech should also be included in planning for • <br /> similar partnerships to UNC. <br /> Figure 3-Sample Reuse Technology from iWasteNot Systems <br /> Achieving this recommendation means furthering innovative <br /> partnerships with UNC and UNChealth system. <br /> Orange1Carolina <br /> • CALIIYI}' August 2023 <br />