- Backyard Composting
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The act of composting at the household level using bins or piles of organic matter (yard waste, food waste).
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- Construction and Demolition Debris (C & D)
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Waste or debris generated solely from construction, remodeling, repair, or demolition operations on pavement, buildings or other structures.
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- Drop-off Collection
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A drop-off recycling program consists of designated sites where residents may transport and deposit ("drop-off") their source-separated recyclables in specially marked containers.
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- Enterprise Fund
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A form of accounting that utilizes a separate fund or cost center for a specific purpose. Enterprise funds are generally sustained by revenues generated within that department.
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- Enviroshopping
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An enviroshopping program involves educating the public on how to make environmentally conscience decisions when purchasing products (e.g., purchasing products with minimal packaging).
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- Full-Cost Accounting (FCA)
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Full-cost accounting or full-cost analysis determines the full-cost of providing solid waste and recycling services by recognizing all direct and indirect up-front, operating and back-end costs. Local governments in North Carolina are required annually to inform residents of the full-costs of local solid waste management.
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- Grasscycling
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The act of leaving grass clipings on the lawn to naturally decompose.
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- Junk Mail Reduction
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Junk mail reduction programs involve educating the public on ways to reduce the amount of undesirable mail they receive (catalogs, flyers, circulars).
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- Industrial Waste
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All nonhazardous solid wastes generated by industries and manufacturing facilities. May also include small quantities of wastes generated from cafeterias, offices, or retail sales departments on the same premises.
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- Institutional Waste
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Material originating from services offered on behalf of the public (e.g., nursing homes, jails, hospitals, schools).
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- Land Clearing and Inert Debris (LCID)
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Waste that is generated solely through land clearing activities such as stumps, trees, limbs, brush, grass, and other naturally occurring vegatative matter.
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- Materials Restriction Ban
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Any ordinance or law that prohibits or penalizes the disposal of a particular material. For example, many North Carolina communities have materials restriction bans for cardboard which prohibit or impose penalties for the disposal of cardboard in landfills.
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- Medical Waste
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Any solid waste which is generated in the diagnosis, treatment, or immunization of human beings or animals, in research pertaining thereto, or in the production or testing of biologicals, but does not include any hazardous waste.
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- Mixed Waste Processing
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A mixed waste processing program is one in which solid waste is brought to a permitted processing facility where various recyclables are removed from the solid waste stream.
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- Municipal Solid Waste
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Includes residential, commercial, and institutional nonhazardous solid wastes and designated solid waste.
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- Paint Exchange
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A reuse program that allows residents to exchange or drop-off unwanted paint as well as pick up paint if needed.
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- Recyclable Materials
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Solid waste and designated solid waste materials that are lawfully capable of being recycled and are specified as such in pertinent laws and regulations of the United States and the State of North Carolina.
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- Recycling
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The separation of a specific material from the waste stream and processing it so that it may be used again as a raw material for products or in some cases as a fuel.
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- Sharpes
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Includes needles, syringes with attached needles, capillary tubes, slides and cover slips, and scalpel blades.
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- Solid Waste Management Hierarchy
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Defined by NC Statute, the solid waste management hierarchy prioritizes the options for solid waste management from most desirable to least: source reduction, recycling and reuse, composting, incineration with energy recovery, incineration without energy recovery, and finally landfilling.
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- Source Reduction
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Avoiding the creation of waste by reducing the amount or toxicity of waste before it is generated (e.g., duplex copying and/or printing or other similar action that avoids the generation of solid waste). Source reduction is not recycling.
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- Swap Shop
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A reuse program that allows residents to exchange or drop-off unwanted items that may be useful to other residents.
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- White Goods
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Includes inoperative and discarded refrigerators, ranges, water heaters, freezers, and other similar domestic and commercial large appliances (e.g., washers, dryers, diswashers, kitchen compactors, window unit air conditioners).
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- Yard Waste
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Solid waste and designated solid waste consisting solely of vegetative matter resulting from landscape maintenance (e.g., grass, brush, leaves and nonconstruction natural wood debris).
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