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C. Processing: <br />If the amount and types of recyclables is increased significantly to reach the overall 61 % <br />reduction goal by 2006, then Orange County would need a processing facility to sort out the <br />recyclables and make them market- ready. Collection at the curb or business is, in some ways, <br />the easiest part of the recycling cycle. Processing, sale and reuse are more challenging, since <br />that is where the real "business" of recycling is. Sorting and processing are especially <br />important if we are to achieve a long -term stable market for mixed paper. <br />D. Disposal <br />Any comprehensive solid waste management plan must account for final disposal of residuals <br />remaining following waste reduction, recycling, composting and other volume reduction <br />measures. The plan described for Orange County assumes that the Orange Regional Landfill <br />will continue to be the final disposal facility as long as it is available. The current projection <br />shows it lasting until 2005, without inclusion of construction and demolition wastes. At this <br />time, there is no additional disposal facility selected, so we cannot state definitively how will <br />handle disposal during the last two years of the ten year horizon stipulated in this plan. <br />E. Goal for mixed solid waste <br />1. The goal for 2001 for all of Orange County is to reduce solid waste per capita <br />by 45% by 2001. This includes a reduction in mixed solid waste from the current 1,100 pounds <br />(0.55 tons) per person to 920 pounds (0.46 tons) per person by 2001. (see table 2 -1) <br />2. The goal for 2006 is to reduce waste 61% per capita when compared with <br />1991 -92. This includes further reduction of mixed solid waste to 760 pounds (0.38 tons) per <br />person by 2006. According to the state of North Carolina, through the end of 1995 -96, we <br />have reduced mixed solid waste per capita by 19% compared to 1991 -92. <br />F. Timetable for Meeting the Mixed Solid Waste Reduction Goals <br />Meeting the timetable for achieving the mixed solid waste reduction rates is dependent upon <br />increasing waste prevention efforts, broadening recycling collections and development of a <br />materials recovery facility that can process and market both commingled and source - separated <br />recyclables. Meeting the 2001 goal assumes the following schedule: <br />1997 -98: Evaluate the alternatives for ownership, operation and design of the materials <br />recovery facility (MRF) acquire facility construction agreement, <br />1998 -99: Construct MRF <br />1999 -2000: Open it for operation <br />3 -3 <br />