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another very large problem coming down the road is that in about <br />three years, you will not be allowed to mix any vegetated matter <br />such as grass clippings and tree limbs with your normal garbage. <br />This material will have to be separated and dumped in a different <br />area at the Landfill. <br />Commissioner Wheeler was concerned that people do not now <br />and probably will not follow the rules at the convenience <br />centers, and Director Pinto agreed that most do not follow the <br />rules, but each convenience center will have an attendant. He <br />stressed that these centers are set up for residential use - not <br />for commercial use or for non -county commercial use, and we have <br />a tremendous amount of commercial use going .to these centers and <br />non -county commercial use, particularly at both ends of the <br />county. Staff, therefore, feels that it is'both necessary and <br />cost effective to have attendants there, and now added on top of <br />that, there will be the added requirement for separation of types <br />of trash, and someone will have to instruct the people. <br />Chairman Scurlock discussed the need for educating the <br />public. He believed the Press Journal has a specific policy <br />covering travel for their people, and at some point he wou-Id like <br />to provide some funds for some of the media to go to a conference <br />on the solid waste disposal problem and bring back material to <br />inform the public on this problem. He noted that in some <br />communities, it is costing in excess of $100 a ton to dispose of <br />this material, and there are dire predictions nationwide which <br />say the cost of disposing of waste eventually will exceed the <br />cost of electricity for your home. The purchase of the property <br />for our landfill and equipment for the establishment of the first <br />cell for 1.8 million was the very first debt of this county, and <br />now with all the new requirements, the cost just to close out <br />that cell and open our next phase is triple that cost. <br />The Chairman felt there are several major areas involved <br />where the public needs to be educated - first, the reason for the <br />increased costs and the fact that we cannot continue to subsidize <br />9 Boa `74 F�acE 12f <br />SEP 7 1988 <br />