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The Wake County Solid Waste
Management Division’s multi-material
drop-off facilities offer County
residents and businesses one-stop
drop-off for select items banned from
disposal in sanitary landfills.
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Located at both the North Wake
and Feltonsville Sanitary Landfills, these
facilities offer ease and convenience in
processing and/or recycling white goods
(large appliances), recyclable corrugated
cardboard and chip board, scrap tires,
lead-acid batteries, and used motor oil.
The North Wake facility is also equipped
with a transfer station for processing
residential yard waste.
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Before you take any of these items
for disposal, make sure you acquaint
yourself with the enclosed fliers. All of
the items listed above require some
preparation before disposal.
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If you have any questions regarding this program or other County solid
waste programs, please contact the
Wake County Solid Waste Management
Division at (919) 856-6186.
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Wake County residents can take their scrap
tires to both the North Wake and Feltonsville MultiMaterial Drop-off Facilities. Fees are as follows:
For more than five tires no fee will be
assessed so long as you have a North Carolina
Scrap Tire Identification Number and Certification Form. If you do not have such a form, a fee
of $50/ton will be charged at disposal.
For five tires or less there is no charge for
passenger vehicle or trltck tires.
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The Environmental Protection Agenc! estimates that every year 250 million tires are
throyn away - about one tire for each person. If
buried in a landfiil, scrap t i r k can take up.ab
much as 10 percent of landfill space.
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Scrap tires that are stockpiled or illegally
dumped can create health and safety hazards,
including mosquito infestation that can spread
disease. Fires invoMng scrap tires are often diffcult to out
. . out ahd can cause air and water ~ollution.
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Although often considered a majorJiability,
scrap tires can prove beneficial when used for
energy.generation or in the development of new
products such as re-tread tires, asphalt,
insulation.
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+ Looking for a place to recycle your used
motor oil? Take it to either the North Wake or
Feltonsville Multi-Material Drop-off Facility!
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to five gallons of used motor oil per trip free of
charge. Please make sure the containers are
. no larger than five gallons and are tightly
capped.
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Did you know that the used oil from a single oil change can ruin a million gallons of
fresh water?! Itcan also disrupt sewage treatment plants, reducesoil productivity, Bnd
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contaminate groundwater.
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+ Usedoil can be a able resource. In .
fact, the Environmental Protection Agency
states that re-fining used oil takes only about
one-third the energy of refining crude oil. And.
according to oit recyclers,.motor oil never
wears Out and can be re-Kned and
used forever.
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Car or lawn moiker batteries - lead-acid
batteries -will be accepted for recjcling at
both the North Wake and Feltonsville blultiMaterial Drop-off Facilities.
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Leaking or broken batteries will not be
accepted, but can be disposed of safely at the
County’s permanent Household Hazardous
Waste Collection Facility. The permanent
Household Hazardous Waste Collection Facility
is located at the North Wake Sanitary Landfill
and is open the 1st and 3rd Saturdays of each
month from 7 a.m. until 4 p.m. Call the News &
Observer’s CityLine at 549-5100. category
#2735, for further information.
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Car and lawn mower batteries, or leadacid batteries, contain lead and sulfuric acid,
two hazardous wastes you don’t want improperly disposed. Battery casings sometimes crack
and can leak these chemicals onto the ground.
eventually contaminating the groundwater.
Leaking bat€ery acid also creates fumes that
can irritate the‘eyes or burn the skin.
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By recycling lead-acid batteries, the sulfuric acid can be reprocessed or sent, to‘a
licensed facility for disposal. The lead, when
removed, is sent to a mill where it is processed
and kold to other manufacturers.
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+ Large appliances, such as refrigerators,
washers and dryers, stoves, water heaters,
even air conditioners, can be recycled free of
charge at'the North Wake and Feltonskille
Multi-Material Drop-off Facilities.
+ Before you take these items to the
drop-off facilities, make sure you remove all
contents!
+ Can you imagine the amount of landfill .
space it would take to bury old refrigerators,
stoves and air conditioners? Not to mention the
possible environmental hazards if their motors
should contain PCBs or CFCs.
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By recycling these items, the PCBs and
CFCs can be captured and disposed of ,
properly. The scrap metal is- processed and
sold to steel mills where it is-recycled.
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+ Another-option is to donate appliances
that are in good condition or needing minor
repair to Don-profit organizations, These
organizations can repair the items and sell
them, to needy families.
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+ Residential yard waste including grass,
leaves, limbs and other yard trimmings are
accepted for processing at the North Wake
hlulti-Material Drop-off Facility only!
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Since bags are not accepted at the
facility, you may want to use, permanent containers for transporting your yard trimmings.
Please make sure the limbs do not exceed
four feet in IenFth or four inches in diameter. Oversized yard waste and stumps are
unacceptable!
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Residents are currently not being charged
to dispose of yard waste. Licensed Wake
County solid waste collectors will be charged a
fee based on the landfill tipping fee.
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Residenbial yard waste must.be transport-
ed by non-commerciat vehicles or by licensed
Wake County solid waste collectors. Oversized
yard waste andlor cpmmerciai yard waste must
be disposed of at a private yard waste'facility.
+ Why buy mulch and compost when you
can make your own? Grass clippings: leaves,
shrubbery trimmings. and pine straw are all
valuable plant material that can be used i n a
variety of ways to enhance your home, business and community landscape.
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ese materials a i mulch around
trees, bushes, and pathways helps control
weeds. prevents soil erosion and fertilizes the
soil. Bycompastiqg leave! and grass slippings,
homeowners can create an excellent soil
enhancer called humus. When added to the
helps ppduce healthy plants.
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Begin a mulching or composting program
today for a greener, more beautiful yard
tomorrow!
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+ Wake County residents and businesses
looking for a place to recycle corrugated
cardboard and chipboard can take it to either
the North Wake or Feltonsville Multi-Material
Drop-off Facilitr
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Recydable corrugated cardboardis defined
as habing two paper layers with a wavj paper
layer in-between. Chipboard is a single-layer box
with a grey liner such as can be found in cereal
or shoe boxes.
+ Before disposa’l, make sure all contents
and linings have been removed.
+ Cardboard unacceptable for recycling
includes: white single-layer cardboard (toothpaste
boxes, deodorant boxes, etc.), waxed, foreign.
wet, food or other waste contaminated cardboard.
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+ Unless you are moving, not too many people
care what happens to corrugated cardboard boxes.
Which is probably why corrugated cardboard
makes up 16 percent of Wake Countfs total waste
stream. Why take up valuable landfill space with
a material that can be easily recycled?!
. + Chipboard is used io package many products
we purchase oh a daily basis. Some of the more
common uses for chipboard include cereal boxes,
shoe boxes, and toy boxes. Why not recycle this
material for use in the next generation of producb?
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chipboard saves valuable natural resources. It
also fkes up landfill space for items that can’tbe
recycled! .
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MAPS AND OPfRATlONAL DETAILS
The North Wake and Feltonsville Multi-Material
Drop-off Facilities have attendants on duty during
hours of operation:
North Wake-Monday through Saturday 7 a.m. until 4 p.m.
Feltonsville-Monday through Saturday 7 a.m. until 3 p.m.
The Multi-Material Drop-off Facilities are closed on the
following holidays: hew Year’s Day, Fourth of July,
Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day
Children may accompany parenvguardian to the XlultiMaterial Drop-off Facilities, but must remain in vehicle.
North Wake Multi-MaterialDrop-offfacility
North Wake Sanitary Landfill
9004 Deponie Drive, Raleigh, NC
feltonsville Multi-MaterialDrop-off facility
Feltonsville Sanitary Landfill
6000 Old Smithfield Road, Apex, NC
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