Abstract:
In May, the North Carolina General Assembly will consider the state’s growing solid waste problem. According to the 2000-2001 North Carolina Solid Waste Management Annual Report, North Carolina has fallen far short of the goal set in 1991 of reducing by forty-percent the volume of solid waste disposed by 2001. This article discusses short- and long-term approaches to solid waste disposal and management in the state, including local government recycling efforts.