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ORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Action Agenda
Item No V ,f_ D
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: April 20, 1993
SUBJECT: Replacement of County Solid Waste Greenbox System
DEPARTMENT County Commissioners PUBLIC HEARING YES NO X
ATTACHMENT(S) INFORMATION CONTACT
None Don Willhoit
TELEPHONE NUMBER
Hillsborough 732-8181
Chapel Hill 968-4501
Mebane 227-2031
Durham 688-7331
PURPOSE: To discuss options for replacing the County greenbox system
and transitioning to a system of staffed solid waste convenience
centers.
BACKGROUND: County staff, with input from the Orange County Solid
Waste Committee, have been pursuing the conversion of the existing
system of 22 unstaffed greenbox sites in unincorporated Orange County,
to a system of staffed solid waste convenience centers. It is highly
desirable to make this conversion as quickly as possible in order to
improve control over the kinds of materials that get into the waste
stream that goes to the landfill. It is suggested that the County
consider establishing a deadline of July 1, 1994 for all unstaffed
greenbox sites. Staff can investigate ways to expedite this process.
At this meeting, staff will present a brief report on some options for
a possible interim approach that would involve converting some of the
County' s existing consolidated greenbox sites to staffed, controlled
access greenbox sites. The remaining greenbox sites would be closed
as soon as practicable. In the meantime, staff would work with the
Township Advisory Councils and the Solid Waste Committee to find
locations that would be developed as the full-service solid waste
convenience centers that have been discussed extensively at public
meetings throughout the County.
RECOMMENDATION(S) : Discuss options for closing the County' s unstaffed
greenbox sites no later than July 1, 1994 .