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Section 2 <br />Local Waste Reduction Goals <br /> <br />According to the North Carolina 1998-1999 Solid Waste Annual Report, the Cabarrus <br />County Planning area has experienced a -21% per capita waste reduction rate over the <br />1991-1992 base year per capita rate. Negative waste reduction indicates that waste <br />disposal rates have increased by 21% compared to the base year. This increase in per <br />capita waste disposal rates will be discussed in greater detail later in this section. <br /> <br />The baseline year (FY 1991-92) disposal rate was 0.94 tons per capita (figure provided <br />by the N.C. Solid Waste Section). At this per capita disposal rate, Cabarrus County <br />would dispose of 116,000 tons in FY 2000-01, 125, 897 tons in FY 2005-06 and 135,478 <br />tons in FY 2009-10 (see Table 5). <br /> <br />Table 5. Waste Disposal and Population Projections Using Baseline Year Per Capita <br /> Disposal Rates <br /> <br /> PER CAPITA <br /> WASTE DISPOSAL RATE <br />YEAR POPULATION DISPOSAL <br /> (TONS) <br />Baseline Year <br />1991 - 1992 101,293 95,215 0.94 <br />Year Projected Projected Waste <br /> Population Disposal (Tons) <br />FY 2000 - 2001 123,404 116,000 <br />FY 2005 - 2006 133,933 125,897 <br />FY 2009 - 2010 144,126 135,478 <br /> <br />In May, 1999, a meeting was held between the County and the municipalities of <br />Kannapolis, Mount Pleasant, and Harrisburg to set a waste reduction goal for FY <br />2000-01. Although each entity expressed a sincere desire to implement a sizable waste <br />reduction goal it became apparent that there would be several obstacles to overcome. <br />Some of these obstacles include: <br /> <br />Flow control: private enterprise controls residential waste collection and hauling <br />services for the unincorporated areas of the County and virtually all commercial <br />collection and hauling services throughout the geographic area covered by this <br />plan. <br /> <br /> <br />