North Carolina generates more C&D debris.Trash volumes have risen statewide in North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. , and counties in the northeastern part of the state generated more trash per person than the state average in 2005 and 2006, with much of that material coming from construction debris debris /de·bris/ (de-bre´) fragments of devitalized tissue or foreign matter. In dentistry, soft foreign material loosely attached to a tooth surface. , according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a report in the Virginian-Pilot(Norfolk, Va.). More than a ton of trash for each person went to landfills from July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2006, according to an annual state report. North Carolina's landfills received 10.7 million tons of solid waste, including construction debris during fiscal year 2005-2006, the report states. The amount of C&D debris has increased three times faster than the amount of municipal solid waste “Municipal waste” redirects here. For other uses, see Municipal waste (disambiguation). Municipal solid waste (MSW) is a waste type that includes predominantly household waste (domestic waste) with sometimes the addition of commercial wastes collected by a . |
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