Waste and Recycling Information Guide - Wake County Department of Solid Waste Management (2023)

Waste and Recycling Information Guide Wake County Solid Waste Management »» Waste and Recycling Options »» Convenience Centers »» Household Hazardous Waste Disposal Facilities »» Multi-Material Recycling Facilities »» Landfills »» Information and Educational Programs »» And more. Solid Waste Management • PO Box 550 • Raleigh, NC 27602 • 919-856-7400 • www.wakegov.com/recycling

Wake County Solid Waste Management provides waste disposal and recycling services. The Department operates 17 waste facilities, including 1 landfill, 1 refuse transfer station, 11 domestic waste and recycling centres, 2 domestic hazardous waste disposal facilities and 2 integrated recycling facilities. The Solid Waste Department also offers a number of outreach and education programs including the Feedthe Bin school recycling program and the 86it anti-littering campaign. In 2014, the Solid Waste Management Division processed more than 400,000 tons of waste, collected 30,000 tons of materials at the Recycling Facilitation Center, generated enough energy from landfill gas to power 8,000 homes, and won two national environmental and energy awards. This waste and recycling information guide details the programs and services offered by the Solid Waste Management Division, as well as other helpful waste and recycling resources.

Table of Contents 4 Waste and Recycling Options Use this table to determine which solid waste facility accepts which materials. 6 Convenience Centers Learn about Wake County's 11 residential waste and recycling centers. 8 Household Hazardous Waste Disposal Facilities Wake County has two facilities for the safe disposal of potentially hazardous materials in your home. More than 10 material recycling facilities These facilities accept materials that don't fit in the trash, such as electronics, motor oil, tires, and more. Gas to Energy Learn how Wake County is converting landfill gas into electricity. 16 Feed the Bin Outreach and Education Programs School recycling, 86it anti-waste campaign, landfill visits and more. 20 Wake County Recycling Process Become a part of it, find out now Find out what happens to your trash after it's collected. 22 Wake County Trash Journey Find out what happens to your trash when you leave your basket on the curb. park.26 Organic Waste Find resources on how to manage food waste and yard waste. 28 Garbage collection If you live outside the city limits, your local council offers curbside collection.

WAKE COUNTY SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENT OPTIONS Recycling and Disposal of Automotive Electronics Glass House Furniture and up to 2 plies R = Recycle Any Electronics with a Cord CDs, DVDs, Tapes Large Appliances Cartridges Glass Bottles Car Batteries Cell Phone D = Automotive Fluid Handling Glass Containers Batteries Trash Carpets Tires Convenience Center • Open to Wake County Residents Only • Hours: 7pm Daily 7pm R R R R Re D Site 1 : 10505 Old Stage RoadRaleigh 27603 R R Re D Site 2: 6025 Old Smithfield RoadApex 27539 R R Re D Site 3: 266 Aviation Parkway Morrisville 27560 R R4 R Re DDS60 Re D Site 5: 8401 Battle Bridge RoadRaleigh 27610 R R Re D Site 6 :3913 Lillie Liles Road Wake Forest 27587 R R Re D Site 7: 9024 Deponie DriveRaleigh 27614 R R Re D Site 8: 2001 Forest Rd999Hw: 3337 New Hill-Holleman RoadNew Hill 27562 R R Re D Site 10: 5216 Knightdale-Eagle Rock RoadKnightdale 27545 R R R R R R R Re D Site 11: 5051 Wendell Boulevard (Bus 64) WendellosteWandelly27 Wake-up call only • Hours: Mon-Sat 8am-4pm R R R RNorth Wake: 9037 Deponie DriveRaleigh 27614 R R R RSSouth Wake: 6130 Old Smithfield RoadApex 27502 Multi-Material Recycling Facilities • Open to Wake County residents and businesses • Hours of Operation: Mon-Sat 8AM-4PM R R R R Re R R R R R Re Re North Wake: 9029 Deponie DriveRaleigh 27614 R R R R Re R R R R R Re Re South Wake: 6130 Old Smithfield RoadApex 27502 Municipal Solid Waste Treatment Facility • Open for Wake County business for 4 hours. LANDFILL D D South Wake: 6300 Old Smithfield Road, Apex 27502 D DEast Wake Transfer Station: 840 Corporation Parkway, Raleigh, NC 276104 Waste and Recycling Options

The table below shows the primary materials currently accepted by Wake County Solid Waste Treatment Facility. Call ahead (919-856-7400) or visit www.wakegov.com/recycling to verify that the information provided is up to date. Residents have access to a toll-free service center, multi-material recycling facility, and household hazardous waste disposal facility. Commercial companies can use the multi-material recycling facility free of charge. Commercial companies will be charged for disposal at Southwick landfill and Eastwick transfer station. Hazardous Waste Metallic Paper Plastic Upcycling Construction Waste Plastic Cans and Containers Juice, Milk and Soup Containers CFLs/CFLs Magazines and Newspapers Mercury-Containing Cardboard and Cardboard Cards and Wraps Insecticides and Pesticide Containers and Containers Paint and Aluminum Containers, Pla, urban Jugs and Bottles, Chemicals and Poisons, Household Cleaners, Plastic Lids and Lids, Tin and Steel Cans, Shredded Paper, Propane Cans, Oyster Shells, Phone Books, Mixed Paper, Waste Cardboard, Books, Toys, R R R R R Waste and Recycling Options

The Rental Center Service Center is a recycling facility open only to all WakeCounty residents. Residents can recycle or drop out trash for free at any of Wake County's 11 locations. Location 1 10505 Old Stage Road, Raleigh 2 6025 Old Smithfield Road, Apex 3 266 Aviation Parkway, Morrisville Convenience Center Location #7 at 9024 Deponie Drive off Durant Road in Raleigh. 4 3600 Yates Mill Pond Road, Raleigh 5 8401 Battle Bridge Road, Raleigh 6 3913 Lillie Liles Road, Wake Forest 8 7 9024 Deponie Drive, Raleigh 6 8 2001 Durham Road/Hwy. 98, Wake Forest 7 9 3337 New Hill-Holleman Road, New Hill 3 1110 5216 Knightdale-Eagle Rock Road, Kn ightdale 1011 5051 Wendell Blvd./Business 64, Wendell 4 5 hrs 5:00 PM to 27:00 daily 9 1 Open to Wake County residents only Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve (noon) and Christmas Day Closed. 6 convenience centers

Acceptable Items at Convenience Center Paper Clothing and Shoes Construction Waste Corrugated Book Trash Bulky Trash (Under 8 Feet (Sites 1, 2, 4, 7, 11 Only) Long/Width Clothes) Wooden Shoes Furniture Drywall Trash Microwatts Sheet Scrap (page 1 only. Remove steel and tin cans) Small Appliances Mixed Paper Mixed Metal Stereo, Audio, Video Equipment Phone Books and Directories Pipes TV Sinks (non-ceramic) VCRs, DVDs, Cassette Players Plastic Bottles, Jugs and containers (lids) Unacceptable items Professional or commercial waste Buckets or containers Liquid waste Bricks, concrete and/or stones Household hazardous waste Radioactive waste Burning or smoldering materials Medical waste Sewage liquid Animal carcasses longer than 8 feet Objects of yard waste, tree stumps or logs

Household Hazardous Waste Common household items may contain hazardous substances and should not be disposed of as household waste due to their hazardous properties. Only Wake County residents may drop off these materials at no cost to the household hazardous waste repository. Locations Household Hazardous Waste Storage North Wake NW 9037 Deponie Drive, Raleigh Household Hazardous Waste Storage South Wake SW 6130 Old Smithfield Road, Apex Paint is collected at a household hazardous waste facility. NW SW personnel screening material delivered to household hazardous waste facility. Hours of Operation Monday-Saturday: 8AM-4PM Open to Wake County residents only Sunday, New Year's Day, July 4th, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve (noon), and Christmas Day Mercury-containing items are closed at Household Hazardous Waste Facilities are categorized. 8 Household Hazardous Waste Treatment Facilities

Household Hazardous Waste Facility or Commercial Waste Hypodermic Needles/Syringes Smoke Detectors Ammunition Medical Waste Garbage Explosives/Shock Sensitive Radioactive Material Unknown Material 9 Household Hazardous Waste Facility

Multi-Material Recycling Facility The Multi-Material Recycling Facility is designed to accept recyclable materials that may not be accepted by the street or service center. Businesses and residents are free to use any of the multi-material recycling facilities. Location North Wake Multi-Materials Recycling Facility NWNW 9029 Deponie Drive, Raleigh South Wake Multi-Materials Recycling Facility SW 6130 Old Smithfield Road, Apex SW Hours of Operation Monday-Saturday: 8am-4pm Open to Wake County Residents and Businesses . Closed Sundays, New Years Day, 4th of July, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve (noon) and Christmas Day. 10 Factories Recycling Multiple Materials

Multi-Material Facility Trays and Tapes for Recycling Acceptable Items Rigid Plastic Freeze Protection Plastic Baskets Plastic Bins and Foil Plastic Bins Mixed Recycling Cartons and Sterile Plastic Bins Glass Bottles and Jars Plastic Furniture Magazines and Newspapers Plastic and Ink Steel Steel Steel steel, steel, steel, steel, steel, steel, steel, steel, steel, steel, steel, steel, steel, steel, steel, steel, steel, steel, steel, steel, steel and particleboard printers and copiers plastic bottles, Jugs and Small Appliances Containers (Lids Are OK) Stereo, Audio, Video Equipment Televisions VCRs, DVDs and Cassette Players Junkyard Cell Phones Bicycle Dumpsters Frames Motor Oil Lawn Mowers (Remove All Oil and Gas) Mixed Metal Pipes Large Appliances Sinks Baby Supplies Air Conditioning Car Seats Dishwashers Trolleys Dryers Toys Refrigerators and Freezers Stoves and Ovens Oil Filters Washing Machines Water Heaters Tires Edible Oil Wooden Trays 11 More Packages

Waste Treatment Facilities South Wake Landfill Located between Apex and Holly Springs, the South Wake Landfill is the only active municipal solid waste (MSW) landfill in Wake County. The Southwick Landfill provides waste disposal services to Wake County residents and businesses. The landfill was opened in 2008 and is expected to have a disposal capacity of more than 30 years. Location South Wake City Solid Waste Waste Landfill 6300 Old Smithfield Road, Apex HoursMonday-Saturday: 7am-4pmClosed: Sunday, New Years, Memorial Day, 4th of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving , Christmas Eve (1:00 pm) and Christmas Day Acceptable Items Garbage trucks unload waste at the South Wake Landfill. The South Wake Landfill is only permitted to accept municipal solid waste from Wake County. MSW includes general household and commercial waste and other non-hazardous waste. The South Wake Landfill receives approximately 150 dump trucks per day, and more than 400,000 tons of waste per year. Landfill Design The South Wake Landfill was designed and constructed to protect public health and the environment. The South WakeLandfill is constructed with a thick bedding system designed to keep litter out of the environment. Landfill gas collection systems extract landfill gas and send it to gas energy landfills located next to the landfill. Leachate is stormwater that flows through the landfill, collected through a series of pipes and treated at the HollySprings Water Reclamation Plant. At the end of each day, litter is covered to reduce odor, control litter, and prevent littering. Workers install flashings to manage stormwater. LEACHATE COLLECTION PIPE INSTALLED TO COLLECT RAINWATER LEEPING INTO LANDFILL 12 WASTE LANDFILL

Landfill Environmental Monitoring The South Wake Landfill is carefully monitored to protect the environment and public health. Groundwater surrounding the landfill is regularly monitored through an extensive system of wells to ensure that the lining system is functioning as intended. The landfill also has a state air permit that requires regular sampling of methane emissions. Environmental monitoring of landfills continues long after the landfill is closed. The law requires MSW landfills to be monitored for an additional 30 years after closure. Close wells to monitor landfill gas collection. East Wake Transportation Station East Wake Transportation Station Location 840 Corporation Parkway, Raleigh Hours of Operation Monday-Saturday: 6am-3pm Closed: Sunday, New Year's Day, 4th of July, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve (noon) and Christmas garbage trucks to unload garbage at the East Wake About transfer station. The East Wake Transfer Station is a waste collection point. Municipal solid waste collected from routes in eastern and northern Wake County is offloaded and diverted onto larger tractor trailers for transportation to the South Wake landfill. By combining the load of several smaller refuse trucks into one tractor-trailer, refuse trucks save the time and cost of transporting waste to Southwick landfill. After the garbage truck unloads the garbage at the transfer station, the loader pushes the garbage onto the traction trailer. When the tractor trailer is full it is taken to the Southwick landfill. In addition to saving time and money, the transfer station reduces the number of garbage trucks traveling to and from the landfill, thereby reducing their impacts, such as carbon footprint and congestion near the landfill. 13 Disposal facilities Waste

Waste Gas Treatment Plants in Energy Landfill gas is a natural by-product of the decomposition of organic matter in municipal solid waste landfills. It contains about 50 percent methane and 50 percent carbon dioxide. Both gases occur naturally in small amounts in the environment, but landfills are the second-largest anthropogenic source of methane in the United States. Methane is a volatile and harmful greenhouse gas more than 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide. At higher concentrations, such as those produced by municipal solid waste landfills, landfill gas must be captured to prevent release into the environment. A well for collecting landfill gas. industrial fan. A fan and a torch are provided. Landfill gas power plant. At the South Wake Landfill, the gas collection well is a landfill owned and operated power plant that injects gas into the landfill. These wells are then connected to Ingenco. Once the gas enters the gas-fired power plant, it is connected to a mains network that connects to 18 remanufactured diesel engines that are industrial fans. Gas blowers create a vacuum that becomes landfill waste gas. Diesel engines are used to slowly extract gas from landfills. From here, since they don't burn the fuel but compress it, the landfill gas is piped to the gas-to-energy landfill, making the whole process much safer. The combination is burned in a flare (less demand if electricity is produced from gas in a power plant from a diesel engine). 4 megawatts of electricity - enough to power 4,000 peak-demand homes or 8,000+ low-demand homes. As the landfill fills with trash, it creates more gas. The plant has a generating capacity of up to 12 megawatts, enough to power as many as 24,000 homes.

Benefits of Gas Energy Treatment Plant Prevents harmful greenhouse gases from landfills from entering the atmosphere Provides local renewable resources for power generation Reduces county-level generation reliance on nuclear and fossil fuels through electricity sales Creates jobs and promotes economic growth. A tractor trailer's reconditioned diesel engine converts landfill gas into electricity. Gas Collection Grid Gas Flares Exhaust Wells Collection Lines Landfill Gas Blowers Diesel Generators Power wells and blowers/feeds using recovery facilities with flared (or vacuum) diesel engines near homes and businesses. Southwick in the area. system. HYTA 15 HYTA Natural Gas Power Plant

INFORMATION AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS SOLID WASTE INFORMATION AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS Wake County Solid Waste provides various presentations to community and school groups, as well as public information and education programs, participates in various activities to promote waste reduction, including 86it Anti-Litter, for schools and recycling Boxes provide food. Connect with us on Facebook www.facebook.Recycling Program and more. Outreach staff also provides com/wakecountywasteandrecycling for more information. Visit our website to request a demo. Students participate in the school's Feed the Bin Outreach, and staff conduct the recycling process. www.wakegov.com/recycling/outreach Information sessions for local businesses. Or reduce wasteful booths at your event. A child plays with trash at the Wake County Solid Waste Department's 86it Info Litter event booth during a community event. Booths at community events. To learn more about Wake County's information and educational programs, visit www.wakegov.com/recycling or like Wake County Waste & Recycling on Facebook. 16 INFORMATION AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM

Awareness and Education Program 86 Anti-Littering Campaign In 2008, the Wake County Board of Commissioners adopted a goal to address the growing problem of roadside litter. The 86it anti-littering campaign began in 2010 with a strategy of emphasizing the importance of civic engagement by focusing on positive littering action rather than littering. Since then, 86 has thrived by participating in community events, organizing cleanups, and providing litter groups to organize cleanups in their neighborhoods. The 86it anti-waste campaign stands out by engaging citizens in solutions, emphasizing the importance of individual responsibility for reducing waste in communities. Breaking an old littering habit is starting a new positive behavior, so it focuses on celebrating the positive and "curing" the littering behavior. Screenshot of 86it.com website. "86ables" (garbage bags, car magnets, and 86 it trash kits custom-made for local high school groups doing sticker cleanups) are available from 86it.com from trash pickers. Use the 86it junk kit. Visit www.86IT.com Accept the Trash Pledge View Trash Cleanup Kits Host Your Own Cleanup Request Free Trash Bags Volunteers at Cleanup Event Screenshot of 86it ad, Carolina Hurricanes quarterback Justin Faulk. (Visit https://www.youtube.com/user/Channel86it to view) 17 Updates and educational programs

ΠΛΗΡΟΦΟΡΙΕΣ ΚΑΙ ΕΚΠΑΙΔΕΥΤΙΚΟΣ ΠΡΟΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΙΣΜΟΣ THE BIN SCHOOLRECYCLING PROGRAMFEED Το THE BIN είναι ένα πρόγραμμα ανακύκλωσης χαρτιού που χρηματοδοτείται από την κομητεία για δημόσια σχολεία και δημόσια σχολεία της κομητείας Wake County. Προσφέρει επίσης δωρεάν εκπαιδευτικούς πόρους για μαθητές και καθηγητές. Το πρόγραμμα προσφέρεται σε μαθητές δημόσιων σχολείων και προορίζεται να προσεγγίσει την πλειοψηφία του πληθυσμού της κομητείας Γουέικ καθώς οι μαθητές μοιράζονται πληροφορίες σχετικά με τη μείωση και την ανακύκλωση των απορριμμάτων με τις οικογένειές τους. Από τότε που ξεκίνησε το FEED THE BIN το 2004, το πρόγραμμα έχει αποδειχθεί πολύ επιτυχημένο στην προώθηση της ανακύκλωσης και στη μείωση των απορριμμάτων στα τοπικά σχολεία και στην εκπαίδευση των μαθητών σχετικά με θέματα στερεών αποβλήτων. Αυτή τη στιγμή 179 σχολεία συμμετέχουν στο πρόγραμμα με νέα σχολεία να προστίθενται κάθε χρόνο. Κάθε σχολείο ανακυκλώνει ανάμεικτο χαρτί που αποτελείται από: λευκό και έγχρωμο χαρτί. Μαθητές ανακυκλώνουν χαρτί στα δημόσια σχολεία της κομητείας Wake. χαρτί, μπροσούρες, φυλλάδια, φάκελοι, φάκελοι αρχείων, ανεπιθύμητη αλληλογραφία, επιστολόχαρτα, περιοδικά και κατάλογοι, εφημερίδες, χαρτί σημειωματάριων περιβαλλοντικής εκπαίδευσης, αφίσες και αυτοκόλλητες σημειώσεις. Ένα μεγάλο στοιχείο που έκανε το πρόγραμμα soService Learning επιτυχημένο είναι η εκπαίδευση των μαθητών και του προσωπικού του σχολείου. Κάθε νέο σχολείο πρέπει να έχει διαδραστικό. Η επιτυχία του προγράμματος FEED THE BIN αποδίδεται σε μια παρουσίαση σε στυλ συναρμολόγησης κατά τα πρώτα 3 χρόνια σε μια σταθερή συνιστώσα μάθησης υπηρεσιών για τους μαθητές να θέτουν ενεργά προσδοκίες και να αναπτύξουν καλές συνήθειες ανακύκλωσης μεταξύ των εμπλεκομένων. το πρόγραμμα. Αυτό δημιουργεί μια αίσθηση ομαδικής εργασίας μεταξύ των μαθητών, των δασκάλων και του προσωπικού. Μετά από τρία χρόνια και υπευθυνότητα όταν οι μαθητές είναι υπεύθυνοι για τις κατευθυντήριες γραμμές, τα σχολεία έχουν τη δυνατότητα να ζητήσουν συλλογή ανακυκλώσιμων στερεών απορριμμάτων σε όλο το σχολείο. Πολλά σχολεία έχουν επισκέπτες δασκάλους. Πολλοί αναζητούν την εκπαίδευση όλων των συλλόγων και ομάδων που θα μαζέψουν κάδους και θα κρατήσουν τη χρονιά ως υπενθύμιση για μαθητές και προσωπικό. Άλλοι εκπαιδευτικοί διαγωνισμοί και ανακοινώσεις κατά τη διάρκεια της σχολικής ημέρας. Οι δραστηριότητες που παρέχονται δωρεάν στα σχολεία είναι: Το πιο σημαντικό, αυτό το συστατικό είναι απαραίτητο για τη διδακτική ηγεσία, την ομαδική εργασία και τις δεξιότητες επίλυσης προβλημάτων μεταξύ • Κιτ δραστηριότητας δασκάλου για χρήση από τους μαθητές στην τάξη. • Εργαστήρια για εκπαιδευτικούς σχετικά με την ανακύκλωση και τα στερεά απόβλητα Από τότε που ξεκίνησε, περισσότερα από 12 εκατομμύρια λίβρες χαρτιού έχουν • Δωρεάν σχέδια μαθημάτων σχετικά με την ανακύκλωση, τις χωματερές, το ED FEH που ανακυκλώνεται μέσω του προγράμματος T E κομποστοποίησης και FEED THE BIN πλαστικό. BIN e d over yc l Έγγραφο ευθυγράμμισης προγράμματος σπουδών που συνδέει όλα τα εκατομμύρια Rec ανά •Το πρόγραμμα έχει κερδίσει παρουσιάσεις και δραστηριότητες με κρατικά πρότυπα, πολλά βραβεία, συμπεριλαμβανομένων 12 θέσεων 4! εθνικό βραβείο 200 μαθημάτων • Δωρεάν εκδρομές στο αμερικανικό δάσος και το κέντρο ανακύκλωσης Paper sin Σύλλογος ως «Τα καλύτερα • Δωρεάν προωθητικά κίνητρα για μαθητές και προσωπικό του προγράμματος σχολικής ανακύκλωσης στις ΗΠΑ». Επιπλέον, το FEED THE BIN είναι ένα εθνικά αναγνωρισμένο πρόγραμμα ανακύκλωσης σχολείων και χρησιμοποιείται συχνά ως βέλτιστη πρακτική. ενημέρωση, προγράμματα ανακύκλωσης 18 ΠΡΟΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΑ ΕΝΗΜΕΡΩΣΗΣ ΚΑΙ ΕΚΠΑΙΔΕΥΣΗΣ

INFORMATION AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS SOUTH WAKE SOLID WASTE FACILITY TOUR Wake County Solid Waste crews offer tours of public landfills so residents can learn about their waste disposal. The tour also gave attendees the opportunity to learn where they can recycle other household items that are too large to be collected curbside, which common household items can be harmful to the environment if placed in the trash, and where residents can dispose of hazards safely. Household Items and How to Wake Them The County is leading the way in modern waste management practices by recycling hazardous household items and converting household waste into renewable energy. In addition to the South Wake Landfill Tour, participants will walk through a multi-material recycling trail - Landfill Tour participants will see the South Wake Landfill and its closures, convenience centers and closed Residential hazard upper part of landfill. Gas energy waste treatment facilities and landfills. Tours are held at the South Wake Solid Waste Management Facility, 6000 Old Smithfield Road, Apex. The tour lasts about an hour and requires participants to drive a multi-seat vehicle around the 700+ acre facility. Tour places are limited and registration is required. To learn more about these tours, including upcoming dates, visit www.wakegov.com/recycling/outreach. Facility tour bus to Southwick Landfill working area. South Wake Solid Waste Management Facility Tour Map participants line up to board a facility tour bus. 19 INFORMATION AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM

Recycling in Wake County Ever wondered what happens to your trash when you leave it on the curb or drop it off at a recycling center? #1 Collection #1 Recyclables collected at the curb or drop-off point are taken to a Material Recovery Facility (or MRF - pronounced "murf"). An MRF is a dedicated facility that receives, separates and prepares recyclable materials for sale to manufacturers. What happens to your recycling? #4 Remanufacturing Once the processed material reaches the manufacturer, what happens next depends on the material. Aluminum can be used over and over again as #4 will not corrode or lose quality. Aluminum is used to make soda cans, airplanes or bicycles. In fact, 75 percent of all aluminum produced since 1888 is still in use. Likewise, there is no limit to the number of times glass can be recycled. Recycled glass is mainly used to make new containers. Plastic can be recycled into new containers, textiles, plastic lumber or carpet. In fact, recycling just five 2-liter bottles can produce one square meter of carpet. Paper and cardboard can be recycled into paper, packaging or tissues. 20 Recycling in Wake County

5 Συνήθεις #2 Μύθοι ταξινόμησης για την ανακύκλωση Τα ανακυκλώσιμα υλικά εκφορτώνονται σε έναν μεταφορικό ιμάντα στο πλαίσιο προετοιμασίας για διαλογή. Η σειρά με την οποία στη συνέχεια ταξινομείται κάθε υλικό από τη ροή Debunked ποικίλλει ανάλογα με το σχεδιασμό του MRF, αλλά οι τύποι μηχανισμών ταξινόμησης που χρησιμοποιούνται λειτουργούν με τις ίδιες αρχές. Ο μύθος των χαλύβδινων δοχείων: Το σύμβολο της ανακύκλωσης ταξινομείται χρησιμοποιώντας μαγνήτες και τα δοχεία αλουμινίου ταξινομούνται χρησιμοποιώντας δινορεύματα στο κάτω μέρος του πλαστικού δοχείου, τα οποία εκτοξεύουν το αλουμίνιο στο δοχείο, πλαστικό σημαίνει ότι τα μπουκάλια μπορούν να ανακυκλωθούν, ταξινομούνται χρησιμοποιώντας οπτικούς οφθαλμούς ή αισθητήρες λέιζερ, οι οποίοι Αρ. Το σύμβολο ανακύκλωσης αντιπροσωπεύει έναν τύπο πλαστικού από τον οποίο μπορεί να ανιχνευθεί πλαστικό διαφορετικής πυκνότητας και όχι ότι μπορεί να ανακυκλωθεί. Υπάρχουν επίσης ηλεκτρικοί πίδακες αέρα που σπρώχνουν χιλιάδες τύπους πλαστικών προϊόντων, κατασκευασμένων από διαφορετικά #2 πλαστικά σε μια διαφορετική συνταγή για τη σύλληψη χημικών ρητινών. Για κάδους, χαρτί και χαρτόνι, επικοινωνήστε με τον δήμο της περιοχής σας για να δείτε εάν ορισμένα πλαστικά δοχεία μπορούν να ανακυκλωθούν. διαχωρίζεται χρησιμοποιώντας οθόνες με περιστρεφόμενους δίσκους που σπρώχνουν Μύθος: Τα πλαστικά καπάκια μπουκαλιών πρέπει να αφαιρούνται από το πάνω μέρος της φιάλης και να αφήνεται το χαρτί να πέσει ανάμεσα στους δίσκους πριν από την ανακύκλωση, Όχι. Τα πλαστικά καπάκια μπουκαλιών θα πρέπει να επιστραφούν σε άδεια και τέλος σε γυάλινα μπουκάλια για να διασφαλιστεί η ανακύκλωσή τους. Η απομάκρυνσή τους και τα βάζα ταξινομούνται με τη χρήση προκαλούν την απώλεια τους στις μηχανές διαλογής υλικών και τη βαρύτητα, καθώς τα πιο πυκνά υλικά καταλήγουν να απορρίπτονται. καθώς το γυαλί θα πέσει σε γυάλινους λάκκους. Μύθος: Αν πιστεύω ότι ένα αντικείμενο πρέπει να ανακυκλωθεί, δεν πειράζει να το βάλεις στον κάδο ανακύκλωσης χωρίς πρώτα να τσεκάρεις το Όχι. Οι άνθρωποι μπορεί να πιστεύουν ότι βοηθούν ανακυκλώνοντας περισσότερο, αλλά στην πραγματικότητα η παρουσία σημαντικής ποσότητας μη ανακυκλώσιμων αντικειμένων στο φορτίο μπορεί να απορριφθεί από το MRF και τελικά να απορριφθεί. Το σωστό είναι να ακολουθείτε τις οδηγίες του δήμου της περιοχής σας. Μύθος: Τα αντικείμενα που ανακυκλώνονται στην κομητεία του Γουέικ αποστέλλονται στο εξωτερικό #3 Επεξεργασία Ίσως. Τα ανακυκλώσιμα που συλλέγονται από την κομητεία Wake ταξινομούνται #3 υλικά και στη συνέχεια δεματοποιούνται κατά βάρος (συνήθως αποστέλλονται σε τοπικούς προμηθευτές, οι περισσότεροι από τους οποίους λειτουργούν εντός της NC. Ωστόσο, η βιομηχανία ανακύκλωσης είναι μια παγκόσμια αγορά. εγγύηση ενός τόνου) και τα έτοιμα ανακυκλώσιμα προϊόντα οδηγούνται σε αγαθά από την οικονομία. Είτε για την αγορά. Το πού χρησιμοποιούνται τα υλικά στο εσωτερικό ή στο εξωτερικό εξαρτάται από τη ζήτηση της αγοράς των μεταποιητών για ορισμένα υλικά. και μετατράπηκε σε νέα προϊόντα. Είναι μύθος: τα κουτιά πίτσας δεν μπορούν να υποστούν επεξεργασία και να ανακυκλωθούν στο εσωτερικό ή στο εξωτερικό Όχι. Τα μη λερωμένα κουτιά πίτσας χωρίς τρόφιμα ή λίπη μπορούν να ανακυκλωθούν ως χαρτόνι, εξαρτάται από την αγορά. Τα πολύ λερωμένα κουτιά πίτσας με ειδικές απαιτήσεις για λίπη και υπολείμματα τροφών δεν μπορούν να ανακυκλωθούν. Εναλλακτικά, πολύ υλικό. λερωμένα κουτιά πίτσας μπορούν να κομποστοποιηθούν στον κάδο κομποστοποίησης της αυλής σας (απλώς θυμηθείτε να τα κόψετε πρώτα).21 ΑΝΑΚΥΚΛΩΣΗ WAKE COUNTY

Wake County Trash Tours Trash is a part of our everyday lives and we all generate it. In Wake County, which started with 1 million people, it ended up producing 410,000 tons of household waste per year. As we drive our garbage trucks, modern garbage trucks pick up curbside rubbish and transport it to Station 1 on the day of collection. 1. This is only the first step in a long journey of garbage. #2 East Wake Transfer Station or South Wake Landfill, depending on where you live. The bulldozer spreads the garbage evenly, and the large compactor rolls over the garbage several times to reduce the air and space between the garbage and achieve a higher compaction rate. At the end of each day #6, compacted litter is covered to minimize odor, control litter, and deter scavengers. #7 Landfill is filled in sections. Once the compartment is full, close it with a thick plastic liner to completely seal the trash. Add another layer of soil, then plant special grasses to control erosion. Due to anaerobic conditions (absence of oxygen), the waste decomposes very slowly. Garbage will remain in landfill #8 indefinitely. 22 Wake County Garbage Tours

At the East Wake Transfer Station, waste is offloaded from dump trucks and reloaded onto large tractor trailers for transport to the South Wake landfill. By combining the load of several Tractor Trailer dump trucks in East #3 into one tractor trailer, it reduced the number of Wake transfer stations and the number of trips to and from the landfill, saving local dump trucks wasted time, Operating costs and reducing our south wake up to landfill. Has a carbon footprint. All trucks are weighed on scales after entering the landfill. #4 The truck then drives to the face of the landfill and unloads the waste. When the trucks leave the yard, they reweigh #5 on the scale and issue a ton ticket. When the landfill reaches capacity, it is dumped into the trash. Restricted and regulated for at least 30 years. Landfills can be given a second life, such as the North Wake landfill in North Raleigh, which is now a park. #9 Landfill gas is produced when organic matter in landfills slowly decomposes. The process releases methane and carbon dioxide gases throughout the landfill through a vacuum system, transporting them to the gas-to-energy landfill located adjacent to the SouthWake landfill. At this facility, landfill gas is converted to electricity and used to power homes and businesses. 23 Trash's Journey in Wake County

NORTH Wake PARK Landfill The North Wake Landfill disposed of most of Wake County's household waste for more than 20 years until the site reached capacity. 9300 Deponie Drive, Raleighand closed in 2008. With disposal operations at a standstill, it became clear that there was a great hour opportunity to turn the location into a community daily, 8am to 8pm. Good for all residents of the area until dusk. Closed: Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas. In 2004, a group of Wake County residents and staff formed the North Wake Landfill Citizens' Committee on New Year's Day as part of the post-closure planning process to solicit input from local residents on the eventual appearance and use of the site following the closure of an active landfill field. For more than a year, the committee met monthly to help the county develop a post-closure land use plan. When the landfill closed in 2008, construction began on the first stage of a multi-stage masterplan, with the Northwick Landfill District Park opening in 2010. Phase two of the land use plan also includes the development of a primary school, sports and recreation centre. Abbott's Creek Elementary School is currently under construction and is expected to open in 2015, as are Abbott's Creek Park and the City of Raleigh Community Center. North Wake County Park. Photo courtesy of Wake County Parks, Recreation and Open Space Census Database. North Wake Fill District Park is home to a variety of local wildlife including many species of frogs and toads, more than 60 species of birds including herons, hawks, kestrels, woodpeckers, bluebirds, tits, sparrows, robins, robins Robins, starlings, warblers, sparrows, cardinals and finches and more, plus possums, bobcats, rabbits, squirrels, coyotes, raccoons and deer! To search the Wake County Census of Natural Resources database for a complete list of organisms that call North Wake Landfill District Park home, visit wcnrid.wakegov.com/public.php24 NORTH WAKE LANDFILL DISTRICT PARK

North WAKE LANDFILL DISTRICT PARK Park Amenities: Top of the Hill Trail (0.07 miles) Sycamore Picnic Shelter and more. You can climb to the top of the hill (picnic area is 469 feet above sea level) and you'll have a great view of the lodge, which has 10 regular tables and 2 wheelchairs around it, including downtown Raleigh. Accessible table for 100 people. Paved trails (2.8 miles) Paved hiking trails connect to all park facilities and also include the popular Nance Spring Loop Trail, which is 0.4 miles long. The park's paved trails also connect to the City of Raleigh's Falls River Greenway. Hiking and Mountain Bike Trails (2 miles) There are 2 miles of hiking and mountain biking trails. The Mountain Biking Area offers space for those looking to improve their mountain biking skills. Looking north from the summit walk. Playground and open play area The playground is unsupervised and includes a play area (5-12 years old) and a full playground (2-5 years old) with a climbing wall and large climbing net. North Wake Fill District Park Plan. North Wake Landfill District Park.25 NORTH Wake LANDFILL DISTRICT PARK Playground

Organic waste Organic waste refers to any biodegradable waste from plants or animals. The most common organic matter in the waste stream is food waste and yard waste. According to a 2011 Waste Characterization Study, more than 37 percent of Wake County's waste stream consists of organic materials. Food waste accounts for 15% of organic waste. food waste. Food waste makes up 15 percent of the waste stream and is one of the largest single items that go to Wake County landfills. Food waste can be separated and turned into rich compostable material for gardening, landscaping and farming. Residents can dispose of their own food waste at home through composting. Additionally, there are several businesses in the area that offer front door trash pickup. Other options include verma compost or backyard compost. More information on food waste management. Visit www.wakegov.com/recycling/recycle/Pages/organics.aspx Yard waste is plant material such as grass clippings, plant clippings, leaves, pine grass, hay, cones, twigs, weeds, brush, small logs, small Twigs and twigs, shrub clippings, small stumps and roots. North Carolina law prohibits disposal of yard waste in municipal landfills. Therefore, yard waste should be disposed of separately from domestic waste. Many municipalities in Wake County offer some types of yard waste collection. If you live within the city or town limits, please contact your municipality for more information on collection timetables. Another option is to take yard waste to a private land and inert waste disposal (LCID) facility. For a list of facilities, visit www.wakegov.com/recycling/recycle/Pages/yardwaste. aspx26 Organic waste

Regular waste collection If you live within city or town limits, your waste collection, recycling and yard waste collection are coordinated by the municipality. For more information on these services, please contact your city. Town of Apex Public Works Town of Rolesville Utilities www.apexnc.org www.rolesvillenc.gov 919.362.8676 919.556.3506 Town of Cary Public Works Town of Wake Forest Public Works www.townofcary.org www.wakeforestnc.gov 91 .9 570 public Works Fuquay-Varina Works Town of Wendell Public Works www.fuquay-varina.org www.townofwendell.com 919.753.1027 919.365.4822 Garner Town of Public Works Zebulon Public Works www.garnernc.gov www.72991 7600 9 19.269.5285 Town of Public Works Holly Springs Public Works www.hollyspringsnc.us 919.552.5920 Town of Knightdale Public Works www.Knightdalenc.gov 919.2290. Raleigh Solid Waste Services www.raleighnc.gov 919.996.6890 Residents living in unincorporated areas of Wake County may contract with a private transportation company for waste and recycling services. To find a service provider, search your browser for "spam service."

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