SOLID WASTE UPDATE

Solid Waste Section March 2000

Division of Waste Management

N. C. Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources
 
 

The Solid Waste Section encourages regular and open communication with all citizens interested in waste management. This update is part of the Section’s effort to implement that policy. Your comments and suggestions are welcome. Subsequent updates will be published on a quarterly basis. All Solid Waste Section contacts noted below may be reached by telephone at (919) 733-0692. The Section "Homepage" Internet address is: http://www.wastenotnc.org

LOCAL PLANNING

County and city managers that submitted ten-year solid waste plans in 1997 should have received two mailings describing the process to update those plans. In addition to completing a 'Plan of Action' sheet for each of the planning elements the FY 2005-06 waste reduction goal must be reevaluated and a goal for FY 2009-10 established. Guidelines for the Update are included in the final mailing. These updates are to be completed by June 30, 2000. Remember that Solid Waste Section staffs are located in offices throughout the state and available to assist your community with this planning process.

STATE SOLID WASTE PLAN

The Section has been gathering input from solid waste professionals and organizations across NC through forums, surveys, and e-mail as an important first step in updating the state solid waste plan. These comments and suggestions are helping determine goals and programs that can be implemented to achieve waste reduction goals. Copies of forum and survey summaries are available on the Section's Web page. In late spring a draft of the State's revised waste management plan will ready for public comment and on the Web site.

1998-99 ANNUAL REPORTS

The latest issue of the North Carolina Solid Waste Management Annual Report will soon be available on the Section Web page. The Report summarizes the state of solid waste management in NC for FY 1998-99 as follows:

• All municipal solid waste landfilled in NC in FY 1998-99 was in a lined facility for the first entire year.
• Waste exports increased 46% over the past fiscal year
• Recycling continued strong
• Waste generation continued to increase
• Consequences of the Solid Waste Management Act of 1989

A workshop on white goods management will be held March 23, 10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. at the Region L Council of Governments office in Rocky Mount. For further information call Jim Hickman at (800) 763-0136 or Ernie Lawrence at (919) 733-0692x 274.
 

DID YOU KNOW??

Ten percent of the 100 counties in NC produced 52% of the waste landfilled last fiscal year. These ten counties are projected to grow at an average rate of 13.4% over the next ten years.

North Carolina counties and municipalities have Web pages that provide an excellent reference for solid waste programs and ideas. Take a look at some of these Web pages to see what other local governments are doing to address solid waste in their community and help reach their solid waste reduction goals. The Web addresses and local governments are:

http://www2.person.net/person/waste/index.htm

Person County

http://www.co.pitt.nc.us/Pitt/depts_desc.shtml#recycling

Pitt County

http://www.ci.winston-salem.nc.us/sanitation/sanit.html

City of Winston Salem

If you have a solid waste Web page you’d like others to know about tell us so it can be included in future Updates! We will also link your page to our Web site.

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Save paper by viewing this newsletter the first of each quarter at http://www.wastenotnc.org. If you don't need a printed copy, please let us know.
 

For further information or for technical assistance with the solid waste regulatory program, contact the Section by:

Phone:(919) 733-0692 fax:(919) 733-4810 e-mail:first name.last name@ncmail.net or letter: 1646 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699

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