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Comprehensive Plan Solid Waste Sub -Element dropped. For Fiscal Year 2007/2008, the County's Code Enforcement Division reported 428 "junk, trash & debris" code cases throughout the County. The referenced code enforcement cases, however, represent only a small portion of total illegal dumping of solid waste. According to the Indian River County Code Enforcement office, illegally dumped solid waste along County roadways and on private property usually falls into one of the following categories: O Materials, such as tires or hazardous waste such as batteries, oil filters, used oil, etc., which the owner does not transfer to the landfill or CCCs; or O Heavy and bulky materials such as refrigerators, stoves, and others, which are inconvenient and costly to transfer to the landfill or to the CCCs. There is no charge for disposal of these materials at the landfill or at the CCCs; however, there are transfer costs; or O Trash disposed of outside the gates of CCCs when transfer stations are closed; or O Trash disposed of along County roadways or on vacant properties While illegal dumping outside of the CCC gates rarely occurs now, illegal dumping along roadways and on private properties remains a concern of the SWDD. As the population has increased, the number of "junk, trash & debris" code enforcement cases has also increased. According to the Code Enforcement Division, only a small number of concerned citizens are willing to report acts of improper disposal. In recent years, the County's emphasis on informing residents of the service hours and fees of the landfill and the customer convenience centers, as well as the County's policies on enforcement of illegal solid waste disposal and illegal dumping, has resulted in a reduction of the problem. It is expected that, if the County established a countywide mandatory door-to-door collection service, there would be less incentive for illegal dumping, and the amount of illegal dumping could be reduced even further. Since collection services would be available and would be paid for, there would be no reason for residents to illegally dump solid waste. Mandatory door-to-door solid waste collection would also reduce the costs associated with the operation of the CCCs. Household Hazardous Waste To manage all hazardous materials and to operate the household hazardous waste (HHW) program, the SWDD has hired a private contractor, licensed by the State. This contractor replaced the environmental chemist who supervised the HHW program in the past. Although the amount of household hazardous waste collected and processed increased by sixty percent (60%) between 1995 and 2008, this increase can be attributed to the County's growth during that period. During Fiscal Year 2007/2008, the household hazardous waste program collected and processed 62,200 pounds of household hazardous material. In 2008, there were no cases of improperly managed or illegally disposed of hazardous waste in the County. Community Development Department Indian River County 13