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CABARRUS COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />REGULAR MEETING <br />OCTOBER 18, 2010 <br />6:30 P.M. <br />AGENDA CATEGORY: <br />Consent Agenda <br />SUBJECT: <br />Solid Waste - Amendment to Section 4.13, Electronics Management <br />Plan, Solid Waste Management Plan <br />BRIEF SUMMARY: <br />Article 9 of Chapter 130A of the NC General Statutes has recently been <br />amended. This concerns discarded computer equipment and television <br />management. Included in this amendment is the creation of an <br />Electronics Management Fund, of which a portion is to be distributed <br />annually to eligible local governments to assist with their used electronic <br />recycling management plan. To be eligible for these funds, Cabarrus <br />County is required to submit an Electronics Recycling Plan as an <br />amendment to the Cabarrus County 2009 Ten -Year Comprehensive Solid <br />Waste Management Plan (SWMP). The Electronic Recycling Plan will <br />included additional details of Cabarrus County's electronic recycling <br />program not already in the existing SWMP. The resolution to adopt the <br />existing SWMP was accepted and endorsed by the Board of <br />Commissioners on June 15, 2009. <br />REQUESTED ACTION: <br />Motion to approve the amendment to the Cabarrus County 2009 Ten -Year <br />Comprehensive Solid Waste Management Plan (Section 4.13, Electronics <br />Management Plan). <br />EXPECTED LENGTH OF PRESENTATION: <br />SUBMITTED BY: <br />Kevin Grant, Sustainability Manager <br />Pete Pasterz, Waste Reduction / Recycling Coordinator <br />F -15 Page 358 <br />