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5 <br /> Eight project goals have been established to guide the County's <br /> 1 - Introduction Zero Waste efforts: <br /> The Orange County (County) Solid Waste Management • Goal #1 – Develop a comprehensive and easily <br /> Department contracted with Gershman, Brickner & Bratton understandable Solid Waste Master Plan (SWMP), with <br /> Inc. (GBB)to create a Solid Waste Master Plan—The Road to identifiable action items and a plan summary. <br /> Zero Waste (the "Plan"). The following sections illustrate the • Goal#2 – Develop a comprehensive strategy by 2045 that <br /> draft of the Plan,and includes information collected from the will lead to"Zero Waste,"as defined by the County. <br /> public during outreach and engagement efforts conducted • Goal #3 – Integrate the Plan's efforts with the ongoing <br /> throughout this project,as well as the role of waste prevention climate action plans of the County, the Municipalities, the <br /> in County planning, and operational specifics, such as input University,and the University Health Care system. <br /> on consistent signage/messaging, and waste collection and . Goal#4–Selecta sustainable business model that incorporates <br /> processing options which may be advantageous to the County the financial, social, and environmental, including carbon <br /> moving forward. footprint reduction impacts on our community. <br /> • Goal#5–Identify future programs,initiatives,facilities,and <br /> 1 .1 1 Zero Waste Definition infrastructure to achieve the Zero Waste goal,as defined by the <br /> & Project Goals: County,while ensuring the long-term financial stability of the <br /> County's solid waste and recycling program. <br /> Orange County's forward-thinking Solid Waste Management • Goal #6 – Identify strategies to increase public education <br /> Department operates a robust waste management program and participation in waste reduction and waste diversion <br /> serving its residents and community members. The County programs through awareness of reduction, reuse, <br /> seeks to implement recommendations to set the vision for an recycling, and composting,while addressing ordinance and <br /> integrated solid waste management program leading to Zero enforcement requirements. <br /> Waste by 2045. In this context,"Zero Waste"is defined by the Goal#7–Develop and include an equitable,comprehensive <br /> County as follows: public engagement process that effectively includes input by <br /> • The reduction of solid waste to nothing, or as close to the general public, including groups that historically have <br /> nothing as possible, by minimizing excess consumption been marginalized, and key interest groups, including the <br /> by means of responsible production, consumption, and municipal and university partners, and keeps the public <br /> reuse and maximizingthe recovery of solid wastes through informed and updated on the process. <br /> recycling and composting. Goal 8 – Ensure all proposed programs and policies are <br /> This Plan was then developed, in collaboration with the Solid in regulatory compliance with local, state, and federal <br /> Waste Management Department, SWAG members, and requirements. <br /> feedback from County residents,to determine the path forward <br /> to achieve Zero Waste by 2045. <br /> Oranp County,North Carolina <br /> Solid Waste Master Plan:The Road to Zero Waste QUALITY - VALUE - ETHICS - RESULTS an <br />