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Optional file upload for project impact calculations. <br />OCCAG_Impact_-_2025.xlsx <br />D17. Are there <br />additional impacts? <br />Yes <br />Please describe the <br />additional units of <br />impact your project <br />has. <br />There aren’t quantifiable additional units of emissions, but see D22 for <br />additional benefits of the project. <br />D18. Please <br />describe any avoided <br />financial costs or <br />savings related to <br />the project and over <br />what period of time <br />those costs will be <br />avoided/reduced. <br />(250 word limit) <br />Avoided tipping fees for Orange County = $4,662/year (based on $60 per <br />ton that municipalities pay for household waste disposal in Sampson <br />county). W e estimate additional avoidance of tipping fees of $46,620 over <br />an additional decade, which would give a total savings from avoided tipping <br />fees of $51,282 for 11 years. Even if we assumed very conservatively that <br />only 25% of participants continued to compost for 10 years after the <br />completion of the grant, the savings would be $16,317 over 11 years <br />($4,662 from the first year and $11,655 from the remaining 10 years). <br />In addition, there are costs borne to society for CO2 emissions, such as <br />the cost of disasters/property and infrastructure damage, reduced crop <br />yields, and increased health care costs due to the impacts on health, etc. <br />W e estimate a 202 ton/year reduction in CO2 equivalent GHG emissions, <br />generating $38,380 savings to society, based on recent EPA calculations <br />of $190/ ton of CO2 (EPA Social Cost of Carbon, 2023) <br />D19. Does your <br />project accelerate or <br />expand on existing <br />programs that <br />already show <br />positive impact? <br />(150 word limit) <br />Most certainly. As stated earlier, the project accelerates the expansion of <br />the highly successful FairOaks Composting program and its recent growth <br />to 6 additional Carrboro neighborhoods. W ith this additional funding, we will <br />expand the program to include 7 new Chapel Hill and Hillsborough <br />neighborhoods and a church in Chapel Hill. These new <br />neighborhoods/church can help promote the spread of composting within <br />the 2 additional towns in the future, and act as a stepping stone to help <br />Orange County Solid W aste implement a county-wide program in the future. <br />D20. Does your <br />project take <br />advantage of other <br />funding sources? If <br />yes, please describe. <br />(150 word limit) <br />For the first ~5 months of the project, our 5 existing Green Neighborhood <br />funded neighborhoods will continue to use Green Neighborhood funds until <br />they expire. Thus, approximately $3,683 will come from Carrboro Green <br />Neighborhood Grant funds this year. <br />Docusign Envelope ID: 60C8120B-2E2C-4F19-BFBC-3ADFB6A6F8E1