Effective October 1, 2009,
North Carolina law prohibited the disposal of the following items in landfills:

• Plastic bottles that have a neck smaller than the body and that accept screw top, snap cap or other closure
• Used oil filters
• Wooden pallets

Items already banned from landfills include:

• Use motor oil
• Yard trash
• Appliances
• Aluminum cans
• Whole scrap tires
• Lead-acid batteries
• Glass beverage containers

Upcoming Bans:

• Discarded computer equipment – April 1, 2011
• Discarded televisions – April 1, 2011

City residents are strongly encouraged to help keep these materials out of the landfill by recycling. Multi-family residents can drop off their recycling at the following locations:

Drop off sites for newspaper, magazines and plastic bottles are available at the following locations:

• College Lakes Park – 701 Tranquil Dr.
• Fire Station 9 – 5091 Sante Fe Dr.
• Honeycutt Park – 2605 Ft. Bragg Rd.
• Massey Hill Recreation Center – 1612 Camden Rd.
• Fire Station #17 – 6701 Bailey Lake Rd.
• Full Recycling Centers are located at:
• Ann Street Landfill – 698 Ann St.
• Cliffdale Road Container Site – 7581 Lowell Harris Rd.

For more information about landfill bans, please visit: http://p2pays.org/BannedMaterials/index.asp