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27378
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Governor Jim Martin and the state of North Carolina are struggling to find a home for their hazardous waste. A planned incinerator has been rejected in 15 counties due to citizen opposition and concern for public health. One solution is the forthcoming bill named the Toxic Use Reduction Act which proposes a shift toward toxic waste reduction and commitment to clean manufacturing rather than hazardous waste disposal. Businesses, politicians, and environmentalists believe a solution can be met if all sides are willing to compromise.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 9 Issue 8, Feb. 20-26 1991,
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5274
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North Carolina has made progress in recycling waste; however, waste reduction varies among the state's one hundred counties, ranging from a high of 491.1 pounds per person in Montgomery County to a low of 4.17 in Robeson County. Coe and Hickman discuss reasons for this and practices municipalities and counties can use for waste reduction.
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28368
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The Triangle area’s landfills are filling up. While recycling household items has become more common, two-thirds of what goes into landfills comes from industrial and commercial waste. Efforts are underway to try to recycle waste from these companies by finding markets for the used materials. While the market for recycled materials is growing, the problem is that many of these materials do not need to be produced in the first place.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 10 Issue 16, April 1992,
p11-12
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158
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North Carolina communities are encouraging citizens to recycle in order to reduce waste.
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29459
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Cherokee Sanford Group, Inc., North Carolina's largest brickmaker, has developed a system to handle petroleum-contaminated soil and water that can be recycled through its brick kilns. The company also uses sawdust from the furniture industry and non-contaminated waste and sludge from other industries such as the automotive industry.
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2463
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County recycling programs range from the cheapest, convenience centers where trash and recyclables are deposited, to curbside pickup, the most expensive. Counties consider factors like population density and citizen participation when choosing a program.
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29460
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In Waynesville, North Carolina Dayco Products, Inc. is taking steps to changes its image and be a better neighbor. In an effort to combat negative publicity due to solvent emissions, the company is recycling scrap wood, paper, oil and batteries.
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29461
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Duke Power set a goal last year to reduce its solid and hazardous wastes through a system of stock incentives. The company has trimmed 16,000 tons of waste or 177% of its goal.
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3267
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Begun in 1990, the state's Solid Waste Management Trust Fund has awarded 118 grants totaling over $2 million to assist towns in waste reduction plans. Farmville in Pitt County used a grant to begin recycling office paper.
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2320
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Recycling by the state's municipalities has become profitable, bringing higher prices than two years ago. Because of previous contract commitments or insufficient personnel for handling recycling, however, not all cities are benefitting from the trend.
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1183
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The Piedmont Environmental Center's new education center building is a monument to recycling from floor to roof, as virtually all components of the new building are constructed from recycled materials.
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35682
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Trash almost anyone could recycle had this reward: reducing pollution. Lest anyone needed an extrinsic incentive for this eco-friendly measure, there was the potential for profitability. Items to be contributed for cash included returnable bottles, paper, scrap metal, aluminum, and glass.
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29458
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In North Carolina's Research Triangle Park, IBM has been making a market for recycled materials for years. Not only does the company utilize old computers to make new ones, it sets goals for reducing waste and has set up an engineering center for environmentally conscious products.
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16904
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Ney begins a new series on waste that will examine some of the common items that are environmentally harmful, but are still tossed into landfills, and what can be done about them. North Carolinians throw away nine times more than they recycle. Ney discusses reasons why paper should be recycled.
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16906
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In this second in a series examining the state's trash, Ney discusses the problem with plastic bags. First introduced in grocery stores in the 1970s, now 90 percent of the shopping bags used worldwide are plastic and less than five percent are returned for recycling. Those thrown away endanger wildlife, emit toxic fumes if burned, contaminate soil, and pollute waterways. Ney discusses possible solutions.
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