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Cabarrus County Solid Waste Management Plan 2012- 2022 • Encourage voluntary reporting of private recycling efforts 6, d. Composting and Mulching Current: Three municipalities collect yard waste. Cabarrus County accepts yard waste at the landfill but does not currently offer curbside pick -up. • The Town of Harrisburg collects loose leaves, grass clippings, and limbs on a weekly basis. Residents that have yard waste exceeding a full truckload (16'x6'x4') are charged $100. The yard waste collected by the Town is processed at the Greenways Reprocessing Center in Harrisburg. The City of Kannapolis is under contract with Waste Management to provide yard waste collection services. Loose leaves, limbs, and bagged yard waste is collected in season beginning mid- October and ending late winter on a bi- weekly basis. Yard waste is picked -up on a weekly basis during non -leaf season. Yard waste collected by the City is processed at a City -owned collection site. Compost generated from the yard waste is given away annually at no cost to residents. Approximately 3,500 tons of compost is given away by the City of Kannapolis on a yearly basis while some of the compost is used for internal landscaping projects. The Town of Mount Pleasant collects yard waste such as limbs and grass clippings on a weekly basis. In addition, during the non -leaf collection period the town will pickup leaves placed in transparent bags. Loose leaves are collected during leaf season beginning on October 1. Residents are notified by public notice on water bills when the loose leaf season ends. A majority of the yard waste collected goes to a Town -run, Type 1 facility where it is composted and used for internal landscaping projects. The County accepts yard waste from residents at the County landfill and charges fees based on the volume disposed. In addition, residents are allowed to drop -off Christmas trees for recycling beginning December 26 until the end of January at no cost. All materials are processed on site at the landfill location. The County also offers composting programs to schools, community organizations, and at community events throughout the year. In FY 2011, the County distributed 65 bins for composting. • The Town of Midland does not offer curbside yard waste collection. However, burn permits are made available to residents. There are currently two permitted LCID facilities in Cabarrus County that accept yard waste. These include the Cabarrus LCID landfill and the Tar Heel Organic Reprocessing Facility located in Harrisburg. The yard waste is ground and resold as mulch. 24 Attachment number 2 F -7 Page 155