HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - 02-10-1998 - Attachment 3f
DATE: 02/0.6/98
MEMO TO: John Link, County Manager
FROM: Wilbert McAdoo, Public Works` Director
RE: Citizen Inquiry Regarding Tipping Fee Gost Estimates for the
Development and Operation of a Materials Recovery Facility (MRF1
Background ,
An inquiry from Mr. Roger Barr was received regarding the estimated tipping fee of $30
per ton (net of material revenue) for recyclable materials delivered to the proposed
MRF.
lnformatian
A memo of November 13, 1997 from Gayle Wilson to John Link (presented in "Report to
the Orange County Board of Commissioners Work Session°, November 20, 1997)
presented cost data related to the development and operation of a transfer station and
MRF. This report indicated that:
A literature review of existing MRF operations and survey of MRF tipping
fees conducted by the Solid Waste Department staff last year came up
with an average net tipping fee of approximately $30 per ton to cover
. operating costs and debt service for a facility large enough to process the
projected 100 tons per day expected to be recycled by publicly operated
programs in Orange County by 2006. The range of tipping fees in the
survey varied from $12 per ton to $90 per .ton. The privately, operated
materials recovery facility in Mecklenburg County charges $36 per ton to
process commingled recyclables.
The planning level cost analysis for considering construction of a
materials recovery facility uses $30 per ton net processing cost.
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