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would be renewed annually and subject to revocation if hauling regulations are not followed. F. Development of Facilities..~taffing and Space Needs 10 The Solid Waste Staff is .developing a schedule of facilities needs, staffing, space needs and cost estimates for implementing the ordinance that will be more fully presented in an upcoming report as detailed in the timeline and following additional BOCC guidance. One of the early tasks proposed is to authorize and hire a recycling education and outreach specialist dedicated to development of this C&D materials recycling regulation. Once the preliminary education work is done, the nature of the position may change to become more enforcement-oriented vis-a-vis education oriented. G. Enforcing Regulations on Regulated Recyclable Materials in the non=C&D waste stream At this point, the ordinance, while broadly written, is intended to apply to regulation of recyclable C&D wastes in order to reduce the landfilling or other disposal of wastes in a. C&D landfill and increase their recycling. However, there aze many instances where the regulated_recyclable materials can be found in the waste to be disposed with MSW. This is especially true for scrap metal and small amounts o#'unpainted, untreated solid wood. There will be some very small amount of unpainted untreated dry wall but this is insignificant. The most recent waste sort of the MSW waste stream conducted in fall 1999 and spring 2000 showed the following wood, scrap metal and dry wall disposed with MSW: Table 4 Percentages of regulated recvclable_materials in Orange County MSW Material Residential Multi-Family Commercial Total est. tons of 24,000 total 6,000 total 30,000 total regulated recyclable tons/ r. tons/ r. tons/ r. materials Clean lumber 1.5% 1.S% 2.4% 1,170 and allets Scrap Metal (not 1.7% 2.2% 2% 1,140 incl.cans wall N/a N/a N/a N/a Total 3.2% (770 tons) 3.7% (220 tons) 4.4% (1,320 2,310 (--4% of MSV~ tons The question is "Should re fated re clable materials be prohibited from disposal when they aze mixed with MSW?" The obvious answer is "yes", they are regulated rec cly able materials no matter where they are disposed. The education and enforcement effort to encompass the MSW waste stream would be significant and there are now very limited opportunities for the general public to dispose properly of the regulated recyclable materials that might be incidentally included in the their residential or commercial waste. For example, the old, bent bicycle wheel might be disposed by a resident with his regular trash, but the load of trash might then be rejected by the hauler who would be subject to losing his hauling license or financial penalties if the metal were in his load. This scrap metal is not readily accepted in the recycling drop off centers, or curbside containers. to