HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - 11-19-2014 - 3ORANGE COUNTY
ASSEMBLY OF GOVERNMENTS
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: November 19, 2014
SUBJECT: Solid Waste Advisory Group (SWAG) Update
DEPARTMENT: Board of Commissioners
ATTACHMENT(S):
A) Urban Curbside Recycling Single
Stream Tonnage Report
B) Meeting Summaries — Available at
http: / /oranpecountync.pov /recyclinp/
AdvisoryGroup.asp
Action Agenda
Item No. 3
PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) No
INFORMATION CONTACT:
Bonnie Hammersley, 919 - 245 -2300
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PURPOSE: To receive an update from the SWAG regarding solid waste issues confronting
Orange County; the towns of Carrboro, Chapel Hill and Hillsborough; and the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
BACKGROUND: At the June 3, 2014 BOCC meeting, the Board created a multijurisdictional
task force to articulate, investigate, and propose collaborative solutions for solid waste issues
confronting Orange County; the towns of Carrboro, Chapel Hill and Hillsborough; and the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
The Solid Waste Advisory Group (SWAG) consists of 10 members: eight (8) elected officials
consisting of two (2) each from the County and each of the towns; one (1) from the University of
North Carolina; and one (1) from the UNC hospital system.
The charge to the group at the outset was to define the nature, scope, and timing of the solid
waste issues to be considered, including but not limited to-
* an interlocal agreement on solid waste;
• reducing solid waste that is not recycled;
• recycling opportunities and services;
• siting a transfer station or landfill within the county;
• supporting public education on solid waste issues;
• construction and demolition waste;
• assuring long -term partnership of the entities involved through an interlocal agreement
on waste handling and disposal;
• addressing equitable funding and mechanisms for establishing fees and making future
joint decisions;
• future use of closed landfill sites;
• investigation of partnership possibilities involving neighboring jurisdictions;
• feasibility of innovative and cost - effective, environmentally -sound methods of disposal
of solid waste beyond burial;
• potential inclusion of biosolids in long -range disposal plans;
• emergency storm debris planning
• treatment of communities impacted by siting of any facilities either within Orange
County or beyond its borders to receive shipments of waste.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: None.
RECOMMENDATION(S): The County Manager recommends the Boards receive an update on
the progress made to date by the Solid Waste Advisory Group and consider extending the
SWAG's activities.
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November 13, 2014 Attachment A
URBAN CURBSIDE RECYCLING SINGLE STREAM TONNAGE REPORT
1sT QUARTER ANALYSIS
MONTH
FY 13/14
FY 14/15
July
354.34
516.93
August
380.62
436.48
September
363.06
464.77
TOTAL 1,098.02 1,418.18
There was a 320 ton increase or approximate 29% increase in tonnage from the previous fiscal year — 1St
Quarter. New 95- Gallon recycling carts were deployed in June 2014 with the first collection
commencing July 1, 2014.