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31 <br /> 6.3.17 Recommendation #17: <br /> Organics Program Asheville,NC,has a food waste pilot featuring <br /> Development unique program elements including drop-off areas <br /> Recommendation #17 would expand the commercial which could be explored further in the County. <br /> organics program in place, in which the County provides <br /> Another model for consideration of a pilot program <br /> collection of compostables from bars, restaurants, and <br /> that the County could look to for guidance is the <br /> other eligible businesses throughout the County. Through Residential Food Waste Composting Pilot Program <br /> this recommendation, the County would double the current currently in place in the City of Fort Worth,Texas. <br /> commercial organics program cost as well as set the stage for a <br /> residential pilot program. In Fort Worth's pilot,interested residents can <br /> Concerning organics materials,the County maintains an existing sign up and pay a$20 subscription fee.All fees <br /> contract between the Solid Waste Management Department collected by the Residential Food Scrap Composting <br /> and Judy D. Brooks Contractor, Inc. for commercial organics Pilot Program are used to"make compost more <br /> accessible to agricultural producers and community <br /> collections, hauling,and processing services. In this agreement, gardens."After the subscription sign-up and <br /> the County oversees the contractor-approved collection and <br /> payment is processed,the City assigns the resident <br /> composting of pre-and post-consumer organic materials from a Composting Starter Kit pickup and a nearby City of <br /> eligible food service establishments.This recommendation also Fort Worth Drop-Off Station. <br /> intends to double the current collection beyond participating <br /> commercial establishments and start to plan a residential pilot. The starter kit includes a 5-gallon bucket with <br /> A residential pilot program should be implemented first to test a lid for food scraps transportation,a kitchen <br /> the process and work out the potential issues and will then be countertop pail,assorted educational materials and <br /> extended to other residential areas. instructions,and a refrigerator magnet detailing <br /> Additionally, to support composting,15 the County could what can and cannot be composted.Once a resident <br /> work with the Orange County Master Gardeners to roll out a drops off their food scraps at one of the 17 collection <br /> sites across the city,they bring their bucket back <br /> Master Composter program, (or train Master Gardeners in home to repeat the process,and the City processes <br /> outreach tools for Backyard Composting), through the North the material into compost. <br /> Carolina State University Cooperative Extension.t6 As a land- <br /> grant university, North Carolina State has an imperative to <br /> serve agriculture, which includes horticulture and home <br /> composting. For a point of reference,Washington, D.C., NYC, This additional compost support information is updated/anguagethat isdiJJerent <br /> and several counties throughout New York,through the Cornell from the Task 5 Memo,which is otherwise verbatim. <br /> 6 The point of contact is presently Mart Bumgarner,Extension Agent,Agriculture— <br /> Cooperative Extension, have Master Composter programs" Crops and Horticulture,N.C.Cooperative Extension,Orange County Center:matt. <br /> that could be mimicked. bumgorner@ncsu.edu;Phone:(919)245-1061. <br /> "Example Master Composter Program for reference in Tompkins County,NY: <br /> Achieving this recommendation means diverting food waste,the https.•/%cetompkins.org/gardening/composting/master-composters/become-a- <br /> most potentgreenhouse gas material,from the landfill. master-composter <br /> Orange County,North Carolina <br /> Solid Waste Master Plan:The Road to Zero Waste � RAN,GE ORANGE29 <br />