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Also accepted on a limited basis is household hazardous and bio - hazardous wastes. To illustrate the volume of activity that occurs at these centers- an itemization of materials received and transported from these sites in fiscal year 1995-96 is provided in Ezhibit I. During fiscal year 1995-96 the cost for transporting waste from the collection/recycling centers was approximately $362,039 and the total amount of material collected was 21,721 tons. The SWDD oversees franchises/contracts with two commercial waste collection companies, Harris Sanitation, Inc. and Treasure Coast Refuse Corp. They provide waste collection service to commercial and residential properties in the unincorporated area of the County. The waste collection is a voluntary service for residences as they have the alternative of utilizing the collection/recycling centers operated by the SWDD or the commercial curbside collection service. The residential collection service provided by the franchised haulers includes a separate collection for household garbage, and a separate collection for yard trash. The household waste collection service is split into two service areas as illustrated in Figure 3, with Harris Sanitation serving the north part of the County and Treasure Coast Refuse serving the south part of the County. Commercial collection service is provided by either collection company throughout the unincorporated area of the County to induce competitive pricing. To illustrate the volume of waste and recyclables transported by the franchised haulers, the material collected by these companies during fiscal year 1995-96 is provided in Exhibit II. The City of Vero Beach provides its own mandatory collection service and the municipalities of Indian River Shores and Sebastian contract their collection service. Exhibit II also illustrates the volume of waste collected by the City of Vero Beach and the hauler serving the City of Sebastian during fiscal year 1995-96. SECTION 4 RECYCZWG OFERATIOZfs The SWDD provides staffing at the five collection/recycling centers under the recycling program. The staff provide the separation of recyclables received into the centers as well as oversee operations to insure safe and proper handling of waste and recyclables received into the centers. A curbside recycling collection service is provided to single family residences and multi -family residences through contracts between the SWDD and the franchised haulers. The SWDD oversees these contracts and insures their proper execution. Harris Sanitation serves the north part of the County and Treasure Coast serves the south part of the County as illustrated in Figure 4. Through interlocal agreement this service is also provided in the municipalities. The service is mandatorily paid for through the assessment process, however, participation is voluntary. The recycling collection service consists of a 2 -bin bi-weekly collection for single family residences and a weekly collection from strategically located toter stations for multi -family and mobile home complexes. These toter stations function similarly to dumpsters only they are for recyclables instead of .garbage. The haulers are responsible for separating the recyclables at the truck. The SWDD operates a recycling processing facility at the landfill for the receiving, processing, baling, storage and marketing of recyclables. The SWDD receives the various recyclables already separated from the franchised haulers, and from the collection/recycling centers. At the recycling processing facility staff remove any minor contamination and then bale cans, plastic and cardboard. The recyclables are stored and either shipped out by SWDD staff to market or picked up by the buyers. Exhibit III provides an itemization and the tonnage of recyclables recycled by the SWDD and the private sector during fiscal year 1995-96. The total tons of material recycled fiscal year 1995-96 was 58,933 tons, approximately 32% of the overall wastestream. Although we recycled 32% of the wastestream the Department of Environmental Protection only recognizes 24% as they accept a maximum of 15% for the recycling of mulch and scrap metal. 3 FEBRUARY 3, 1997 BOOK