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Solid Waste Plan Work Group

The Solid Waste Plan Work Group was formed in 2005 to develop an integrated comprehensive solid waste plan for Orange County with the goal of meeting the County's 61% per person waste reduction goal. The Work Group consists of an elected official from each jurisdiction, Carrboro, Chapel Hill, Hillsborough, and Orange County, solid waste staff from each jurisdiction and the full membership of the County's Solid Waste Advisory Board. The Work Group meets several times a year to develop recommendations to the Board of Orange County Commissioners on various aspects of the plan. Orange County is required to produce an update every three years to its comprehensive ten years solid waste plan.

The Three Year update to the State Solid Waste Plan was adopted by the Board of Orange County Commissioners December 6 after a public meeting September 29 and subsequent presentations and adoption by all three Towns. The final version of the update included revisions to the plan that resulted from the public and elected officials’ comments. You can view the final version of the plan here:

Solid Waste Management 3 year Update Approved Final

For further information contact: Blair Pollock 919-968-2788 or email him.

The last meeting of the Solid Waste Work Group was held September 16, 2010 at the at the Solid Waste Management Administrative Office, 1207 Eubanks Rd. in Chapel Hill.

The meeting summary will be posted soon.

Click here for the meeting agenda.

SWCC Recommendation for BOCC

June 21, 2010 meeting documents:

Meeting Summary

June 18, 2010 Memorandum from Blair Pollock: Meeting details and attachments

June 21, 2010 Memorandom from Blair Pollock: Planning process update and remaining issues

The meeting held on Tuesday, December 15 discussed solid waste management and recycling options for the unincorporated area of Orange County.

Meeting Summary, December 15, 2009

The agenda and items for discussion can be found here:

Agenda

Cover Memo12/15/09 Unincorporated Area Waste Management

12/15/09 Bradshaw Quarry Solid Waste Convenience Center

12/15/09 Future SWCC Funding

Scenario 5 Super Center Potential SWCC Sites

Scenario 1 and 2 Four Partly Modernized Centers Locations

Scenario 3 and 4 Partly and Fully Modernized Centers Locations

12/15/09 Outreach memo

 

November 17, 2009 meeting documents:

Meeting Summary, November 17, 2009

Cover Memo on unincorporated area waste management

Obtaining Public Input for Uninc Area Plan

Bradshaw Quarry short term funding

Goals Weighting Exercise for Work Group

Recycling in the Unincorporated Area

SWCC Funding Design Location Operation

Rural Residential Density

 

October 20, 2009 meeting documents:

Meeting Summary, October 20, 2009

See the following agenda and associated documents from that meeting:

Agenda

Cover Memorandum

Unincorporated Waste Collection

Olver Report Rural Waste Collection

List of Private Haulers

Rural Curbside Recycling

Solid Waste Work Group Plan 10/2009

SWCC Area Map

RSS Unincorporated Technical Summary