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Notice Regarding Recyclable Materials
To: All Citizens of Chocowinity
The State of North Carolina will begin a statutory ban on the disposal of plastic
bottles, oil filters, and wooden pallets effective October 1, 2009. To comply with
this ban we are asking our citizens not to place these items in their trash. The
banned items can be taken to the county collection site on Gray Rd and placed in
the recycle containers.
Why is it important to recycle more plastic bottles?
North Carolina and the southeastern U.S. are home to many of the nation’s
largest and most important plastic bottle recyclers in the world, including Shaw
Industries, DAK Americas, Mohawk Carpet, Coca Cola, and WM/Recycle America.
The combined market demand for plastic bottles to make products such as
carpet, new bottles, strapping, and polyester far exceeds the entire generations
of these materials in North Carolina. The collection, processing, and use of
plastic bottles directly creates jobs and contributes to our state’s economic
growth. Recycling plastic bottles also conserves resources, saves energy,
prevents pollution, reduces our dependence on landfills, and slows climate
change.
Why is it important to recycle oil filters?
The steel in oil filters is in high demand be steel manufacturers to make new steel
products. The residual oil in filters is also highly valued to produce fuel oil and re-
refined lubricants. Recycling oil filters is inexpensive and North Carolina is home
to over twenty different oil filter recycling companies. As with plastic bottles, the
collection, processing, use of oil filter materials directly creates jobs and
economic opportunity in North Carolina. Recycling filters also prevents the
disposal of oil in landfills and helps promote energy independence.
Why is important to reduce wooden pallet disposal?
Wooden pallets are easily reusable and recyclable into new pallets and many
different products, and can sometimes be even eliminated from use. North
Carolina is home to a robust pallet recycling industry employing over 1,000
people. Pallet recyclers and other companies such as wood fuel users and
compost producers have the capacity to consume all of the currently disposed
pallet wood in the state. As with the other banned materials, recycling pallets
creates jobs, returns valuable resources to a wide range of uses, and helps
conserve valuable landfill space.
For more information, contact the Division of Pollution Prevention and
Environmental Assistance at 919-715-6500 or visit the website at:
http//p2pays.org/BannedMaterials/index.asp
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