'Broken' recycling services around Charlotte continue to end

Published: Aug 27, 2024 Duration: 00:03:11 Category: News & Politics

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CHECK IN WITH HIM A LITTLE BIT LATER IN THE SHOW. >> WELL, NEW TONIGHT, MORE NEW DISMOUNT IS NOW IN OUR AREA ARE GETTING RID. >> OF. >> CURBSIDE RECYCLING PRETTY MUCH TRASHING IS CITY OF YORK IS NOW THE LATEST TO ANNOUNCE THAT THEY'RE DISCONTINUING THE SERVICE. SO DOES THIS SIGNAL A REVERSAL IN RECYCLING PROGRAMS? HERE'S WHAT WE FOUND OUT. INSIDE MECKLENBURG COUNTY'S RECYCLING FACILITY KNOWN ARE 20 TONS OF WASTE GETS SORTED EVERY HOUR WHEN WE VISITED THE FACILITY A YEAR AGO, WE DISCOVERED MORE THAN 20% OF THE GARBAGE THAT COMES IN IS AND ACTUALLY RECYCLABLE. >> THE MISFITS OF PLASTIC BAGS AND GARBAGE COST THE COUNTY 1.9 MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR. SO OUR RESIDENTS GETTING BETTER AT RECYCLING. I WISH I COULD SAY YES, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THEY'VE GOT JUST A LITTLE BIT WORSE. THAT COST OF RECYCLING IS CAUSING OTHER MUNICIPALITIES TO CANCEL THEIR CURBSIDE RECYCLING SERVICE ALTOGETHER. GASTONIA, SHELBY KINGS MOUNTAIN BESSEMER CITY MOUNT HOLLY AND YORK HAVE ALL ENDED THE PROGRAM MOUNT. HOLLY WAS LOOKING AT AN 87% INCREASE FOR RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS. THEY BLAME A CHANGE IN CHINA'S ACCEPTANCE OF OUR RECYCLING FOR THE INCREASE. CHINA HAS BEEN PUTTING THE STRICT REGULATIONS ON BECAUSE BASICALLY THEY WERE GETTING OUR TRASH. >> WE'RE GETTING ARE RECYCLABLE SAY WE'RE GETTING A BUNCH OF JUNK. >> AND WE NEED TO DO BETTER ABOUT WHAT WE PUT IN OUR RECYCLING BIN AND NOT PUT STUFF THAT SHOULDN'T GO IN THERE. STICKER WITH ENVISION CHARLOTTE HAS MADE SUSTAINABILITY PERMISSION. THEY HOST WEEKLY TOURS IN SCHOOL FIELD TRIPS TO EDUCATE PEOPLE ON THE DO'S AND DON'TS. WE WALK OVER TO THE SIDE THAT SHOWS YOU EXACTLY WHAT YOU CAN CURBSIDE RECYCLE AND PEOPLE LIKE. I GOT TO SEE THE LOOK OF SHAME. YOU'RE NOT ALONE. ABOUT 50% OF PEOPLE COME HERE CO YOU CAN ONLY RECYCLE PLASTIC THAT HAS A NECK THAT'S IN YORK. ONLY 30% OF THEIR RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS. RECYCLE OFFICIALS SAY THAT'S ROUGHLY 1300 PEOPLE. THEY WERE ALSO AT LEAST 50% DEPENDENT ON THEIR NEIGHBOR TO THE NORTH. WE WAS IN PARTNERED WITH CLOVER, SOUTH CAROLINA. >> AND THE VOTERS DECIDED TO GET OUT OF IT AND THAT LEFT THE, YOU KNOW, THE TOTAL COST, YOU KNOW, ON OUR TAXPAYERS, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A $75,000 INCREASE. I HOPE WE'RE NOT REVERSING COURSE TO TEACH. ONE OF THE JURISDICTIONS HAS TO MAKE THEIR OWN CALL ON WHAT THEY DO THIS SPACE AT LANDFILLS IS FINITE. MECKLENBURG COUNTY IS MAKING A BIG INVESTMENT IN ANOTHER SORTING FACILITY TO BETTER AUTOMATE THE PROCESS. SO THEY'RE NOT DEPENDENT ON THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO SORT AND SELL THEIR MATERIALS. IN THE MEANTIME, THOSE PASSIONATE ABOUT REDUCE REUSE AND RECYCLE ARE HOPING CREATIVE MINDS CAN COME UP WITH THE NEXT SOLUTION. I'M WAITING FOR THE BIG INNOVATION AND RECYCLING. I THINK IT'S IT'S BROKEN. >> OBVIOUSLY, WITH ALL THE CITY'S NOT RECYCLING. I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE A RADICAL CHANGE. THE SECOND RECYCLING FACILITY FOR MECKLENBURG COUNTY WILL BE UP AND RUNNING AT ABOUT 8 TO 10 MONTHS. THAT ONE WILL BE MORE EFFICIENT WITH AUTOMATED

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