{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-130a-309.04","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 130A-309.04","heading":"State solid waste management policy and goals.","body":"(a)\tIt is the policy of the State to promote methods of solid waste management that are alternatives to disposal in landfills and to assist units of local government with solid waste management. In furtherance of this State policy, there is established a hierarchy of methods of managing solid waste, in descending order of preference:\n(1)\tWaste reduction at the source;\n(2)\tRecycling and reuse;\n(3)\tComposting;\n(4)\tIncineration with energy recovery;\n(5)\tIncineration without energy recovery;\n(6)\tDisposal in landfills.\n(b)\tIt is the policy of the State to encourage research into innovative solid waste management methods and products and to encourage regional solid waste management projects.\n(c)\tIt is the goal of this State to reduce the municipal solid waste stream, primarily through source reduction, reuse, recycling, and composting, by forty percent (40%) on a per capita basis by 30 June 2001.\n(1),\t(2) Repealed by Session Laws 1995 (Regular Session, 1996), c. 594, s. 8.\n(c1)\tTo measure progress toward the municipal solid waste reduction goal in a given year, comparison shall be made between the amount by weight of the municipal solid waste that, during the baseline year and the given year, is received at municipal solid waste management facilities and is:\n(1)\tDisposed of in a landfill;\n(2)\tIncinerated;\n(3)\tConverted to tire-derived fuel; or\n(4)\tConverted to refuse-derived fuel.\n(c2)\tComparison shall be between baseline and given years beginning on 1 July and ending on 30 June of the following year. The baseline year shall be the year beginning 1 July 1991 and ending 30 June 1992. However, a unit of local government may use an earlier baseline year if it demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Department that it has sufficient data to support the use of the earlier baseline year.\n(c3)\tRepealed by Session Laws 1995 (Regular Session, 1996), c. 594, s. 8.\n(d)\tIn furtherance of the State's solid waste management policy, each State agency shall develop a solid waste management plan that is consistent with the solid waste management policy of the State.\n(d1)\tIt is the policy of the State to obtain, to the extent practicable, economic benefits from the recovery from solid waste and reuse of material and energy resources. In furtherance of this policy, it is the goal of the State to foster partnerships between the public and private sectors that strengthen the supply of, and demand for, recyclable and reusable materials and that foster opportunities for economic development from the recovery and reuse of materials.\n(e), (f) Repealed by Session Laws 1995 (Regular Session, 1996), c. 594, s. 8. (1989, c. 784, s. 2; 1991, c. 621, s. 2; 1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 1013, s. 6; 1995 (Reg. Sess., 1996), c. 594, s. 8.)","path":["Chapter 130A. Public Health.","Article 9. Solid Waste Management.","Part 2A. Nonhazardous Solid Waste Management."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_130A/GS_130A-309.04.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:20:37Z","sha256":"9867e445cfcf3fdbc7b35ae605ac4a7194a8458d0f8586cfd47ad5a1f985d0e6","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-130a-309.03","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-130a-309.05"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}