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Orange County, North Carolina <br />Proposal - Waste Characterization Study <br /> <br /> Orange County WCS KCI Proposal <br />21 <br />Wake County, North Carolina <br />Contact: John Roberson, Solid Waste Management Director, (919) 743-4772 <br />Waste Characterization Study <br />KCI conducted a 6-day WCS for Wake County that determined the composition of <br />residential, commercial, and convenience center waste delivered to the county-owned transfer station <br />and landfill for disposal. To ensure accurate representation of the county’s waste, KCI developed a <br />detailed sampling schedule pulling 42 representative samples of waste from various haulers and <br />municipalities based on the annual total tons disposed by the haulers/municipalities. The study also <br />included calculating separate composition results for the Town of Cary’s residential waste and <br />residential recyclables, as well as waste generated from North Carolina State University (NCSU). KCI was <br />responsible for all aspects of project planning, sorting activities, and report preparation. The data was <br />compared to the previous WCS conducted in 2011. The results of the study assisted county, Cary, and <br />NCSU staff in evaluating their waste diversion programs and determined what types of materials to <br />target in future diversion efforts. <br />School Waste Characterization Study <br />KCI conducted a 5-day WCS on waste generated from public schools in Wake County. For the study, <br />waste was collected from select elementary, middle, and high schools across the county. A total of 40 <br />samples were pulled from the collected waste and sorted into 40 material categories. KCI calculated <br />generation rate and composition for elementary, middle, and high school waste and the combined <br />districtwide waste. The results were compared to previous school WCSs conducted in the county. The <br />study provided valuable data to the county and school staff to evaluate the recycling program in <br />schools and assess future needs to increase waste diversion. <br />City of Greensboro, North Carolina <br />Contact: Chris Marriott, Deputy Director, Field Operations, (336) 373-7612 <br />Recyclables Characterization Studies <br />KCI has conducted three two-week recyclables composition studies <br />for the City of Greensboro over the past three years and will be <br />conducting two additional studies over the next two years. For each <br />of these studies, KCI sampled more than 60 loads of residential and <br />commercial single stream recyclables collected by the city. KCI <br />managed a crew of temporary laborers to sort the samples into <br />nearly 40 categories to determine the composition of recyclables <br />and contamination in the recycling stream. The studies provide the <br />city with essential data for its recyclables processing contract and <br />provide insight into education needs to reduce contamination. <br />With annual studies being conducted, the city will be able to <br />measure the change in recyclables it collects over this time period. <br /> <br /> <br />“(We are) very appreciative <br />of (KCI’s) hard work and <br />dedication to helping us be <br />more data informed about <br />what's in our recycling so <br />we can better educate <br />residents.” <br /> <br />Tori Carle <br />Waste Reduction Supervisor <br />Greensboro, NC <br />Docusign Envelope ID: 1223AA0B-DDEC-4EBE-8FEA-427010558A5C