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Waste Management Annual Report "Solid Waste Management Annual Report." Wastenotnc. Web. 15 Sep 2010. . Facts:
 * 1)  “Disposal of construction and demolition waste in North Carolina landfills for FY 2006- 2007 totaled 2,472,388 tons, indicating a decrease of approximately 232,000 tons or 9 percent from the previous fiscal year.”
 * 2)  “Factoring in population growth, North Carolina will dispose of approximately 15 million tons in 10 years, 17 million tons in 15 years, and 18.5 million tons in 20 years for an estimated population of 11,627,459”
 * 3)  “This represents 1.59 tons of waste for every citizen in North Carolina.”
 * 4)  “If North Carolina’s rate of landfill use remains steady at last year’s rate of approximately 8,041,765 tons annually, the state would have 19.64 years of landfill capacity remaining.”
 * 5)  “Assuming that the average cost-per-truckload is $20, that is a total of $25,174 in tip fees.”
 * 6)  “Approximately 14,573 tons of C&D waste from illegal dumps went to permitted landfills last year. Assuming that the average cost per ton is $30, that is a total $437,190 in disposal fees.”
 * 7)  “In a properly developed program, each household could potentially generate up to 750 pounds of recyclables per year”
 * 8)  “If these programs were functioning at their potential, recovery of traditional commodities would increase by more than 350,000 tons”
 * 9)  “The state per capita disposal rate is 1.34 tons per person per year”
 * 10)  “North Carolina communities created 11,865,829 tons of waste”
 * 11)  “During the 2006-2007 Fiscal Year, an increase of 7,401 tons of additional waste was exported from North Carolina to Georgia, South Carolina, Virginia, and Tennessee. This clearly shows that North Carolina continues to export more waste than it imports”
 * 12)  “In 1991, tipping fees charged by landfills averaged $18 per ton”
 * 13)  “This year, the average cost in North Carolina is $35 per ton”
 * 14)  “Construction and demolition disposal saw a decrease of 232,220 tons or a nine percent decrease from the previous fiscal year.”
 * 15)  “Of the 11 largest municipal solid waste landfills only three; Wake County, Hanes Mill Road (city of Winston-Salem) and New Hanover County, are owned by local governments.”