In Mecklenburg County
March 28, 2013
 Lower
Threshold of SSO
 Remove or Reduce 500-lb
Exemptions
 Expand Materials Affected
 Remove Temporary Site Exemption
 Tracking & Measurement of
Commercial Waste Stream
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Items included in State Landfill Ban,
Session law 2005-362
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Motor Vehicle Oil filters
Rigid Plastic Containers
Wooden Pallets
Oyster Shells
Used Oil
Yard Trash
White Goods
Antifreeze
Aluminum Cans
◦ Whole Scrap Tires
◦ Lead Acid Batteries
◦ Beverage Containers
Under ABC
◦ Discarded Computer
Equipment
◦ Discarded Televisions
◦ Fluorescent Lights
◦ Thermostats that
Contain Mercury
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Recycling Requirements under ABC
Permitting, Session Law 2005-348
◦ An Act to require holders of Certain ABC Permits
(permits for on-premises consumption) to
separate, store, and provide for the collection for
recycling of all recyclable beverage containers of all
beverages sold at retail on the premises.
# of Private Vendors
Motor Vehicle Oil Filters
Used Oil
Antifreeze
Lead Acid Batteries
Whole Scrap Tires
Fluorescent Lights
Mercury Thermostats
Computers & TVs
8
9
7
26
7
12
6
13
# of Private Vendors
White Goods
Plastic Bottles
Aluminum Cans
ABC Beverage Containers
Wooden Pallets
Yard Trash
Oyster Shells
27
25
37
9
19
13
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# Businesses
Threshold
Reduction in Emissions
for Mixed Paper
Reduction in
Emissions for Bottles
Reduction in
Emissions for Cans
16 CY
4,900
-30,690
-280
-2,027
8 CY
1,700
-10,647
-97
-703
Total
6,600
-41,337
-377
-2,730
Threshold
Tons Mixed Paper/Yr Tons Bottles/Yr Tons Can/Yr
16 CY
8,630
180
148
8 CY
2,994
62
52
% Diverted by
FY 16/17 Projected Expanding SSO +
Education/Outreach
Tons
Tons Diverted
Paper
193,121
-18%
34,641
Glass
17,119
-10%
1,712
Plastic
81,737
-1%
880
Metal
48,070
-3%
1,291
196,320
-8%
16,380
2,687
-8%
204
Other Waste
85,384
0%
0
Problem Materials
13,227
-54%
7,181
637,665
-10%
62,289
Organics
Hazardous Waste
Total
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Encourage compliance
with state laws and
goals underlying the
laws
Bring in additional
recycling tonnage,
some in high value
areas
Reduce Greenhouse
Gas Emissions
Pros
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Relatively small
tonnage gains in all
but mixed paper
Could be gaps in
infrastructure to
address some
materials
Greater enforcement
needed, increased
administrative costs
Cons
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Set next meeting
Identify any additional information needs