(a)        Each unit of local government shall establish and maintain a solid waste reduction program. The following requirements shall apply:

(1)        Demolition debris consisting of used asphalt or used asphalt mixed with dirt, sand, gravel, rock, concrete, or similar nonhazardous material may be used as fill and need not be disposed of in a permitted landfill or solid waste disposal facility, provided that demolition debris may not be placed in the waters of the State or at or below the seasonal high water table.

(2)        Repealed by Session Laws 1991, c. 621, s. 8.

(3)        Units of local government are encouraged to separate marketable plastics, glass, metal, and all grades of paper for recycling prior to final disposal and are further encouraged to recycle yard trash and other organic solid waste into compost available for agricultural and other acceptable uses.

(b)        To the maximum extent practicable, units of local government should participate in the preparation and implementation of joint waste reduction and solid waste management programs, whether through joint agencies established pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. § 153A-421, N.C. Gen. Stat. § 160A-462, or any other means provided by law. Nothing in a county’s solid waste management or waste reduction program shall affect the authority of a municipality to franchise or otherwise provide for the collection of solid waste generated within the boundaries of the municipality.

(c)        through (e)? Repealed by Session Laws 1995 (Regular Session, 1996), c. 594, s. 14.

(f)        A county or counties and its or their municipalities may jointly determine, through a joint agency established pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. § 153A-421 or N.C. Gen. Stat. § 160A-462, which local governmental agency shall administer a solid waste management or waste reduction program.

(g)        Repealed by Session Laws 1995 (Regular Session, 1996), c. 594, s. 14. ?(1989, c. 784, s. 2; 1989 (Reg. Sess., 1990), c. 1009, s. 4; 1991, c. 537, s. 2; c. 621, s. 8; 1993, c. 86, s. 1; 1995 (Reg. Sess., 1996), c. 594, s. 14; 2013-409, s. 2.)

Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 130A-309.09B

  • following: when used by way of reference to any section of a statute, shall be construed to mean the section next preceding or next following that in which such reference is made; unless when some other section is expressly designated in such reference. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3