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Director Pinto felt this is probably the most important piece of legislation the County will be looking at for some time to come. As we can see nationally, the handling of solid waste is close to a catastrophe. The effort to cut the flow of garbage into the Landfill is to extend the life of the Landfill, which is a tremendously expensive operation. Although the mandate is for 1994, we have to try immediately to reduce the flow into the Landfill by separating certain types of solid waste. The mandatory collection is needed to stop illegal dumping and to control the county's waste stream, which must be reduced 30% by 1994. This county has a very serious problem with illegal dumping, and for whatever reason, it ends up being tossed in the woods somewhere. Unfortunately, the only way to solve this problem is to take action against the property owner, who probably is innocent because people usually do not dump trash on their own land. Director Pinto stressed that it is very important for us to begin this system as soon as possible and that it is not going to be an easy system to implement. We hope to have this in place administratively by October, and sometime after that we hope to have a collection system in place. At Commissioner Bird's request, Director Pinto elaborated on how the recycling will reduce the flow into the Landfill. Separation of paper, glass, metal, and plastics will be done at the home, collected at curbside, and sent to recycling receivers. The balance of the waste that is collected will be separated at the Landfill, and some wastes such as construction debris will be placed on property the County purchased for the dumping of "clean" debris. Items such as stoves, refrigerators, furniture, and lawn equipment will be accepted at the Landfill free of charge, and those items are included in the $52.80 residential assessment. The $52.80 is Aat each residence pays for space in UF AUG ®.° X99® 23 aonl F�