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Please name the <br />action items from the <br />Chapel Hill Climate <br />Action Plan that best <br />align with your <br />proposed project. <br />(200 word limit) <br />Action: Produce zero waste. <br />W hile waste diversion rates have increased in Chapel Hill, the plan notes <br />that a significant opportunity still remains as compostable materials <br />continue to make up a large percentage of Chapel Hill’s waste stream. In <br />fact, a 2025 Orange County waste audit found that 40% of the material in <br />the Orange County waste stream was compostable. <br />Please name the <br />action items from the <br />Town of Hillsborough <br />Comprehensive <br />Sustainability Plan <br />that best align with <br />your proposed <br />project. (200 word <br />limit) <br />Invest in public projects that contribute to sustained ecological health of the <br />environment and natural systems in town. <br />Please name the <br />action items from the <br />Orange County <br />Climate Action Plan <br />that best align with <br />your proposed <br />project. (200 word <br />limit) <br />RC1.4 Identify future programs, initiatives, facilities, and infrastructure to <br />achieve the zero waste goal, as defined by the county, while ensuring the <br />long-term financial stability of the county’s solid waste and recycling <br />program. <br />RC1.5 Evaluate the potential of a curbside composting program, backed by <br />a county level educational campaign on the importance and benefits of <br />composting. <br />RC1.5.1 Complete a feasibility study for a curbside composting program by <br />2028 as part of the county’s updated waste hauler agreement. <br />RC1.5.2 W ork with the solid waste department to launch an educational <br />campaign on composting benefits, in accordance with the 2023 — 2045 <br />Solid W aste Master Plan. <br />C2. Do you have <br />another project to <br />add? <br />No <br />Funding Request Summary Please list all proposed projects (please list <br />project name only) for which you are requesting Community Climate Action <br />Grant funding for Fiscal Year 2025-26. Make sure to include a brief <br />description of the proposed use of funds. Applicants will be asked to <br />provide more details on their proposed project budget in the Budget <br />W orksheets linked template. <br />C3. Total Funding <br />Request <br />30478 <br />Docusign Envelope ID: 60C8120B-2E2C-4F19-BFBC-3ADFB6A6F8E1