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15928
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In response to rising costs, legal barriers, environmental concerns, and public opposition to landfilling, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina has established an integrated solid waste management; no comparable program exists in the southeastern United States, and few exist in the country.
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Carolina Planning (NoCar HT 393 N8 C29x), Vol. 15 Issue 2, Fall 1989, p3-7, f
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33197
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With landfills in North Carolina counties filling up fast, officials are looking to alternative methods of waste disposal. Mecklenburg County is investigating waste-to-energy plants that would take garbage and burn it to produce steam and electricity or ferment it to produce ethanol, a gasoline additive.