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508
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Finding safer and less expensive ways to manage municipal solid waste is an important challenge facing many cities. Unit pricing is one of the latest attempts to reduce costs.
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5798
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Funding waste disposal programs for certain large items, such as tires and appliances, is a challenge for local governments. To deal with this problem, North Carolina introduced an innovative program, the \"advance disposal tax,\" or taxes consumers pay on certain items when they are purchased. North Carolina was one of the first states to institute this tax. Hughes discusses why the state chose this approach and the features of the program.
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15896
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Low-level radioactive (LLRW) waste is produced by several different categories of generators and consists of a broad range of materials. Although LLRW contains relatively small amounts of radioactivity, it constitutes the largest physical mass of nuclear waste generated. The management of LLRW has always been problematic and certain techniques need to be reevaluated.
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16378
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Syringes, test tubes, X-ray machines, operating tables, computers, and other veterinary waste lie in an illegal dump near a stream that feeds Ellerbe Creek which runs across the county of Durham.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 29 Issue 13, Mar 2012,
p5, 7, f
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16933
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In recent years, like many small North Carolina communities, Hookerton (on the southern bank of Contentnea Creek in Greene County) has seen a precipitous decline in its economic and population base. Thus, its wastewater treatment system is in disrepair. But Hookerton has latched on to the duckweed wastewater treatment system that uses duckweed lagoons as bioreacters to generate clean water.
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17431
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With increased cost of services to their citizens and dwindling sources of revenue, a number of cities and towns are casting about for ways to effect greater economy in standard operations. Economic considerations are largely responsible for the introduction of curb collection, as well as safety.
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17833
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Increasing populations and new forms of packaging placed greater demands on garbage disposal during this era. Discussed are the legislative measures to provide adequate collection and disposal at a city and county-wide level. Both county commissioners on the boards of health and business contributed to legislative measures.
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18532
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Clean air and water acts and devastating incidents like Love Canal and Three Mile Island in the 1970s spotlighted a need for government involvement with the disposal of solid wastes. Presented are comments from five government officials specializing in waste management policy. They discuss legislation and regulation of waste both hazardous and non-hazardous within the state and potential future initiatives to manage waste and protect the state's citizens.
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19721
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Sludge refers to a byproduct from wastewater treatment facilities deposited in a designated field on Grove Road in western Orange County. Resident Dot Watson and the Sewage Sludge Action Network have raised concerns about the adverse health effects related to exposure to these biosolids. The case is also being presented to Alamance County where three elementary schools located near such dumping sites.
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25212
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During the North Carolina Coastal Federation symposium on Integrated Coastal Wastewater Management, many activities including a forum were held with many coastal agencies attending.
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25267
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Many people have potential hazardous waste in their homes, the problem is educating them on the proper disposal methods and then ensuring they use those methods to dispose of the materials.
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26350
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The North Carolina Wildlife Federation has provided formal opposition to a proposed poultry operation in Hyde County. Waste disposal would put the Pocosin Lakes and Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuges at risk.
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27353
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Debate is taking place over a proposed hazardous waste disposal facility to be built by ThermalKEM in rural Northampton County. The residents of Woodland and the black community are split over the decision. The opposition is concerned about public health, corporate promises, and property values while the group in favor of the facility says it will bring jobs to an area with high unemployment, little tax revenue, and community services.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 9 Issue 37, September 11-17 1991,
p7-10
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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,
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28732
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A central legal question in most lawsuits challenging flow control has been whether a flow-control ordinance, which directs solid waste generated within a local government’s boundaries, violates the commerce clause of the United States Constitution. Implications to solid waste management in North Carolina are discussed.
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