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Cabarrus County Solid Waste Management Plan 2012- <br />12022 <br />6. c. Recycling and Reuse <br />6. c. 1, Residential <br />Current: <br />The Cabarrus County recycling program consists of curbside recycling for single - family /duplex <br />residents in incorporated and unincorporated areas and three recycling drop -off centers <br />throughout the county for apartment dwellers and those choosing not to subscribe for service. <br />All Cabarrus County jurisdictions provide curbside collection of residential recyclables using a <br />private contractor, with the exception of Mount Pleasant, which also collects from multi - family <br />buildings. As noted in 6. b. 1., Collection above, residents of unincorporated Cabarrus County <br />may subscribe with Republic services for waste management under franchise arrangement, <br />which is under review at this writing. <br />All eligible residents, with the exception of those in Kannapolis, are issued an 18- gallon bin. <br />The City of Kannapolis has a curbside recycling program using 96- gallon carts provided under <br />contract with Waste Management. This program was implemented July, 2011 for a five year <br />term. <br />Traditional household recyclables are collected at curbside on a weekly, single - stream basis by <br />all jurisdictions except Kannapolis whose residents have an every-other -week schedule. <br />Items Collected: <br />All curbside and drop off programs collect: <br />• glass containers <br />steel and aluminum cans <br />• all plastic bottles <br />• mixed residential paper (newspaper, magazines, catalogs, phone books, junk mail, office <br />paper) <br />• cardboard <br />The Town of Midland also accepts the following in their curbside program: <br />• aerosol cans <br />• bulky rigid plastics <br />20 <br />Attachment number 2 <br />F -7 Page 151 <br />