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<br />Subtask 4.1 Prop -ram Develonment
<br />G&R project team members will collect updated and supplemental information pertaining
<br />to disposal, solid waste collection, and recycling collection activities in Indian River
<br />County. The G&R project team will review this information in comparison to
<br />information provided by the 1994 waste composition study, to identify changes in
<br />programs and activities that impact waste characterization. Based on this analysis and
<br />supplemental discussions with County staff, the team will finalize protocols for sampling,
<br />sorting., and analysis.
<br />Subtask 4.2 Material Category Selection
<br />Based on their analysis of current programs and discussions with County staff, the G&R
<br />project team will modify material categories reported in the 1994 waste composition
<br />study to accurately reflect current program. A preliminary list of 22 material categories
<br />has been selected for commercial and residential generator sorts. A list of 10 C&D
<br />material categories has been estimated for sorting at the C&D landfill. The following
<br />materials are included in the preliminary list for commercial and residential generators:
<br />newspaper, office paper, corrugated cardboard, magazines, other paper, IIDPE, PET, film
<br />plastic, other plastics, glass.. tin/steel cans, aluminum cans, other ferrous and nonferrous,
<br />food waste, C&D, textiles, yard waste, bulky waste, electronics, florescent lamps,
<br />carpeting, and other miscellaneous. C&D material categories to be sorted at the C&D
<br />landfill include the following. wood, clean rubble, roofing material, metals, insulation,
<br />drywall, PVC, carpeting, electronics, florescent lamps, and other C&D materials.
<br />Subtask 4.3 Commercial Business Solid Waste Composition and Recoverable Materials
<br />Prior studies indicate that commercial waste makes up 51% of" Indiana River County's
<br />solid waste stream. However, selected commercial businesses, particularly hotel/motel,
<br />restaurant, and citrus industries, are greatly affected by seasonal fluctuations. These
<br />industries will be targeted for study. based upon G&R project team's experience
<br />conducting the County's 1994 waste composition study and other similar studies in
<br />Florida, two four-day sorting events, one in the summer and one in late fall (Mid -
<br />November 1999), are planned to determine the impact of seasonal variations.
<br />Approximately i 5 samples (200-250 pounds each) of commercial waste will be sorted
<br />during each event to bencrate statistically valid data for analysis at a 90 percent level of
<br />confidence. The G&R project team will develop sampling and sorting protocols and
<br />conduct the two sorting events at the Indian Raver County Solid Waste Disposal facility
<br />where commercial vehicles will be targeted for sampling according to a pre -determined
<br />schedule.
<br />The G&R project team will provide a sampling supervisor to monitor sampling
<br />procedures carried out by a front-end loader operator to be provided by Indian River
<br />County. The sampling supervisor will prepare the sorting area and oversee training and
<br />monitoring of severs sorters provided by the County. The sorters will sort the waste into
<br />previously determined material categories, weigh sorted samples, and record data by
<br />category for each sample. Moisture content samples of selected material categorises will
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