A Notice from the Town of Haw River

 

Dear Residents of Haw River:

 

Posted 2/1/2010

 

The regularly scheduled Town Council meeting of the Town of Haw River has been postponed due to inclement weather from Monday, February 1, 2010 at 7:00 p.m. It has been rescheduled for

Monday, February 08, 2010 at 7:00 p.m.

The Public is invited and encouraged to attend the rescheduled meeting.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

**NOTICE**

 

 

 

HEAVY TRASH POLICY (revised July7, 2009)

 

 

The Town of Haw River is continuing to offer its citizens a heavy trash service. The Town will pick-up items that are not eligible for garbage pick-up such as appliances, mattresses, furniture, and hot water heaters once a month.  The regular pick-up day for heavy trash will be the 2^nd Tuesday of each month.  The Town will pick up 1 to 3 large items for a fee of $10.  In order to have the Town pick up these items, the fee must be paid at the Municipal Building before the pick-up date.  The items should be placed at the driveway NO EARLIER THAN the 2^nd Monday before the 2^nd Tuesday pick-up date.

 

In an effort to make sure that our town stays esthetically pleasing, items that are placed out near the driveway before the 2^nd Monday of each month will be picked up and the resident will be charged a fee of $20.00.  If the fee is not immediately paid at the Town Municipal building, the fee will be added to the occupants water bill account and could result in a disruption of service if not paid in a timely manner.

 

In order to make sure that the heavy trash service is successful, we ask that you please follow the above mentioned criteria.

 

 

 

 

IMPORTANT NOTICE!!!!

TO:         All Citizens

 

FROM:  Town of Haw River Officials and Staff

 

SUBJECT: Upcoming Disposal Bans and County Facilities

 

As you may be aware, statutory bans on the disposal of wooden pallets, oil filters, and plastic bottles are effective October 1 of this year.  With this ban, the General Assembly has recognized that these items are recyclable commodities and not waste, and that the recovery of these materials will contribute to the environmental and economic development goals of the state. 

 

Enforcement of the disposal bans will chiefly be applied at disposal facilities such as landfills and transfer stations by the North Carolina Division of Waste Management.  It is unlikely that enforcement will take place at individual businesses or other generating facilities. However, starting a recycling program for the banned materials is the simplest and easiest way to ensure compliance.  Depending on the type of violator and the severity of the violation, the North Carolina Division of Waste Management may, at its discretion, assess a range of administrative and/or civil penalties for violation of the disposal bans.  The law does allow for accidental or occasional disposal of small amounts of banned materials. The statutory reference for the disposal ban can be found at: http://www.p2pays.org/ref/38/37984.pdf

 

If you need additional assistance or have questions, please contact the Division of Pollution Prevention and Environmental Assistance at 919-715-6500.

 

Other Important Facts About the Disposal Bans

 

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 generation 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 by 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, and 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

 

 

 

The main source of pollution that ends up in our rivers, lakes and streams, comes from you and me.  Collectively, our houses, yards, roadways, and general urban way of living have a much greater damaging effect on water bodies.

The Solution?  Be Stormwater Smart!!