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2.2 SOLID WASTE COLLECTION U~der this plan, interlocal agreements between Cabarrus County and the three municipalities (which are included in Appendix A) require that all solid wastes generated within the municipalities be delivered to the solid waste management facility designated by thc, County. County ordinance and franchise agreements, which govern residential solid waste collection in the unincorporated areas of the County, require that all residential solid waste generated a,~d collected in these areas be delivered to the solid waste management facility desiguated by the County. Solid waste is collected in the unincorporated areas of' the County under these franchise agreements administered by the County. Tl~e Town of Mount Pleasant provides its own solid waste collection services, and the City of Kanaapolis and the Town of Harrisbmg contracl for solid waste collection. 2.3 RECYCLING Cabarrus County has made tremendous progress toward meeting the recycling/waste reduction goals of' the Solid Waste Managemem Act of 1989 as atnended. The County has Ol.~rated a drop-off [ecycling center at the landfill since 1987 for white goods and various grades of metals. Recently, containers were added for the collection of new.qpap,~r, aluminum, various g~ades of co~umer plastics, and various colors of glass bottles and containers, la 1990, the Coumy Jnithted residential curbside collection of' recyclabJc~ in [he Towns of Harrisburg and Mount Pleasant, and the City of Kannapolls, as well as in various neighborhoods in the unincorporated areas of the County. The ln~tial program, which presently serves 14,000 households, ~ collecting newspapers, three c~lots ufglass, aluminum, },nd two grades et' consumer plastic~. The County has three drop-off centers for the collection of recyclables: one at the County HeaIth Department; one in Midland; and, one in the northwest portion of the County. Various prograrns are underway or planned for the wastes that are banned from landfills in the Solid Waste Munagement Act of 1989 a~. amended. These programs are, described in more detail in later sections.