Agenda 06-03-2025; 6-a - Approval of Solid Waste Master Plan – Path to Zero Waste

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13 The Department also manages the County's comprehensive 4.2 1 Commercial a n d Recycling Collection Programs for residential and commercial Institutional Waste entities. A component of the residential recycling program includes the County's operation of five(5)Waste and Recycling For commercial recyclables collection,Orange County provides Centers(WRCs)located throughout the County,which are free single-stream recycling collection (subject to available to residents to drop off single-stream household recycling funding) to all bars, restaurants, and some commercial items such as plastics, metals,glass, paper,and cardboard. In establishments in the county. The County provides collection addition,two of the WRCs include opportunities for residents to for all local government buildings and Orange County Water drop off Household Hazardous Waste(HHW)and food waste. and Sewer Authority (OWASA) buildings. The Public Schools The collection of trash(also known as municipal solid waste or are serviced through fee-based contracts negotiated directly MSW)is provided to County residents by the towns themselves. with the individual school system.'Collection of MSW from all The specific programs offered, the service levels, the amount commercial establishments,businesses,and industrial centers of material managed,and the collection costs vary by town.To is provided by private waste collection companies,and the total view the residential collection services offered by each town amount of commercial and industrial MSW which is collected in and in the unincorporated areas, including the locations that the county is unknown at this time. each town delivers their collected materials to after collection, 4.3 1 Construction & as well as the prices charged per ton,see Appendix A. Demolition Waste The County provides single-stream recycling collection services for residential households,multifamily units,some commercial The Countyoperates a Construction and Demolition(C&D)waste business locations,and government buildings in the Towns of landfill at the Eubanks Road Facility.The Landfill is permitted Carrboro,Hillsborough,and Chapel Hill through an agreement by the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality with GFL. One recycling cart is provided to each residence at (NC DEQ) and is in Phase 2 of its development. For further no charge. If additional recycling carts are desired, residents information about the C&D program, including the amount of can rent another one for a one-time $60 fee. Single-stream C&D waste disposed of by residents and commercial haulers,as recyclables are collected from these urban areas by GFL weekly well as the operating hours and disposal fees,see Appendix A. and in rural areas (outside of the incorporated limits) on a Through discussions with County operations management,itis biweekly basis by the Orange County Solid Waste Management understood that C&D waste generated in the County is disposed Department. Both GFL and the County deliver the single- of in several C&D facilities in and adjacent to the County.A more stream recyclables to the County's Eubanks Road facility for thorough evaluation of C&D facilities other than the County's subsequent transfer to the WM material recovery facility(MRF) will yield a better understanding of the present C&D waste in Morrisville,NC. tonnages generated in the County. An additional opportunity The total costs of the MSW,recycling,and yard waste collection to capture C&D waste tonnage information would arise from programs, including the costs of tonnage collection, disposal, the reactivation of the County's hauler licensing and annual overhead, and cost per household, are outlined in detail in reporting ordinance. Appendix A. Interlocal Agreement-Co.and Towns 2018.Appendix B.provided by Orange County Solid Waste Department Orange County,North Carolina Solid Waste Master Plan:The Road to Zero Waste mq GE •Fall - COUNTY