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Table lb. C &D waste generation 1993- 2020 Orange Regional Landfill <br />Year <br />Tonnage <br />Populatio <br />n1 <br />Pounds of <br />C &D/Person <br />% change from base year <br />1991 -92 <br />34,1452 <br />97,746 <br />699 (est) <br />N/a <br />1993 -94 <br />25,9633 <br />102,598 <br />506 <br />-2% <br />94 -95 <br />32,286 <br />104,196 <br />620 <br />-11% <br />95 -964 <br />31.207 <br />105,769 <br />590 <br />-16% <br />96 -97 <br />33,858 <br />107,253 <br />632 <br />-10% <br />97 -98 <br />30,168 <br />108,752 <br />555 <br />-21 % <br />98 -99 <br />33,576 <br />110,581 <br />607 <br />-13% <br />99 -20 to date <br />7,652 <br />112,436 <br />N/A <br />N/A <br />99 -2000 est. <br />29,370 <br />112,436 <br />522 <br />-25% <br />2000 -01 <br />30,848 <br />114,268 <br />540 <br />-23% <br />2004 -05 <br />29,103 <br />121,365 <br />479 <br />-31% <br />2009 -10 <br />30,060 <br />129,461 <br />464 <br />-34% <br />2014 -15 <br />31,944 <br />137,689 <br />464 <br />-34% <br />2019 -2020 <br />33,974 <br />146,440 <br />1464 <br />-34% <br />NOTES: <br />1. Population estimates from office of state planning <br />2. Estimated based on 1/3 of total waste as C &D <br />3. Combines C &D and inert debris plus stumps <br />4. Corrugated cardboard ban instituted March 1996 <br />Section C. Current Recycling _and Waste Reduction Practices <br />This section summarizes the Landfill Owners Group's efforts over the past six years to reduce <br />the amount of construction and demolition waste landfilled in Orange County. The options vary <br />widely from projects conducted at the landfill, including the currently successful, but limited <br />salvage program to non - structural, and regulatory measures such as solid waste planning <br />component of The Town of Chapel Hill's development ordinance. <br />We have included as attachment 1 -1 a summary of regional C &D projects undertaken over the <br />past six years by Triangle J Regional Council of Governments. The COG's regional solid waste <br />planning effort has provided practical information to builders on how to reduce waste including <br />their Waste Spec manual and networking opportunities for solid waste planners in the region to <br />discuss C &D recycling. Further, the COG has attempted to develop and promote regional <br />solutions to some of the construction and demolition waste problems that all the counties in our <br />region now face. None of those has been successful. <br />