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addition to those complying with mulching/backyard composting should increase <br />to 30 percent resulting in a total waste stream impact of about 47,000 tons, <br />still only two percent, by 1990. <br />Office Paper Recycling <br />A significant number of business and government offices in the region currently <br />recycle their white office paper, computer print out paper, computer tab cards <br />and other high grade paper. However, there is still a large percentage of <br />offices that do not recycle these kinds of valuable paper and should be doing <br />so. This material is identified by the Council for recovery. A region -wide <br />effort must begin in 1985 to enlist the participation of all commercial waste <br />generators. Assuming that office paper comprises four percent of the commer- <br />cial waste stream, a 30 percent recovery rate would accomplish less than one <br />percent impact on the total waste stream or 5,000 tons. This level should be <br />reached by Jan. 1, 1988. After this date, mandatory source separation ordi- <br />nances, should help increase the level of recovery to 70 percent, resulting in <br />a one percent total waste stream impact or 13,000 tons by 1990. <br />Drop -Off Sites for Recyclables <br />Drop-off sites include any type of recycling center where res .tial, commer- <br />cial or industrial waste generators can bring their materials. it includes <br />small-scale facilities or temporary sites used for fund raising by charitable <br />organizations and also large-scale industrial scrap dealers or other types of <br />redemption operations that pay for materials. This self -haul concept relies <br />upon the waste generator to deliver items to be donated or sold and therefore <br />is much less convenient than on -route collection resulting in lower recovery <br />rates. Nonetheless, these facilities play an important role in providing com- <br />plete recycling services in the region and should not be overlooked. For <br />instance, drop-off sites can more easily collect a much larger variety of mate- <br />rials than can on -route collection programs. Drop-off sites are currently used <br />extensively for some of the more specialized items such as waste oil, solvents, <br />mixed paper, and some of the large bulky appliances and furnitcre. <br />A region -wide effort to increase the use of drop-off sites should result in a <br />reco•-,-:y rate of ten percent of those identified recyclable materials (see <br />Table 4-5) by the end of 1987 which would reduce the total waste stream by one <br />percent, or 23,000 tons. Two years after mandatory ordinances become effec- <br />tive, this recovery rate should jump to 15 percent which would impact the total <br />waste stream by two percent (38,000 tons). <br />0. oute Collection <br />The voluntary program si be able to attain 40 percent partipation by 1988, <br />resulting in a waste sty .mpact of six percent (116,000 tons). The manda- <br />tory incentive should increase this rate to 70 percent particpation and 11 per- <br />cent total waste stream impact by 1990 (221,000 tons). <br />Proposed Roles and Responsibilities <br />To maximize the effectiveness of source separation requires efforts by several <br />levels of government, the waste generator and private businesses (see <br />Table 4-6). The requirement that waste generators separate recyclables and <br />compostable yard waste should be established as the mean ire L7 minimua perfor- <br />mance. Compliance shoulJ be mandated by cities and townships in 1988 after <br />adequate public information and collection service is available. <br />4C <br />