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5E%'7. referred Disposal This Agreement, entered into this AT day of , 1993, by and between the Town of Orchid (hereinafter to as the TOWN) and Indian River county Solid Waste District (hereinafter referred to as the SWDD). WHEREAS, the Statewide goal of the Solid Waste Management Act of 1988 (hereinafter referred to as the "Act") is to reduce the amount of municipal solid waste being disposed of at solid waste management facilities by at least 30 percent by 19947 and WHEREAS, in an effort to reach this goal the Act required counties to develop and implement recycling programs within their jurisdictions to return valuable materials to productive use, to conserve energy and natural resources, and to protect capacity at solid waste management facilities; and WHEREAS, the Act required that said recycling programs be initiated by July 1, 1989; and WHEREAS, in an effort to accomplish the recycling goals of the Act, the SWDD in fiscal year 1991-92 implemented a curbside recycling collection program for single family residences; and WHEREAS, the Town, through interlocal agreement, (January 14, 1992) authorized the SWDD to provide the recycling collection program within the Town, and WHEREAS, the SWDD, in fiscal year 1993-94, intends to implement curbside recycling collection for multi -family units, to include mobile home parks, and all residential units; and WHEREAS, the Town, not having a recycling program, wishes to participate in both the SWDD's multi -family and single family recycling collection program; and WHEREAS, the Act created the Solid Waste Management Trust Fund to provide grants to assist qualifying counties and municipalities in the operation of solid waste management recycling and eduction programs; and WHEREAS, municipalities with populations of less than 50,000 may not apply individually for grants, but may apply jointly with the SWDD for incentive grant funds; and WHEREAS, no local government match is required for these grants if the municipalities representing seventy-five percent (75%) of the incorporated population of the County apply jointly with the SWDD, to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP), for these grants; and WHEREAS, in order to apply jointly for these grants the SWDD and the municipalities must enter into interlocal agreements that determine how the grant funds, if awarded, shall be used; and WHEREAS, grant applications submitted to the FDEP must include copies of the interlocal agreements between the SWDD and participating municipalities; and WHEREAS, the participation and cooperation of the TOWN and the SWDD is essential to the successful award of a State grant and the development and implementation of a successful recycling and education program in Indian River County; and