Tree and Brush Debris in Carthage, NC
Yard trash is banned from North Carolina landfills, so green waste has its own container and its own disposal route.
State law under G.S. 130A-309.10 keeps yard trash out of lined landfills and sends it to composting and mulching facilities instead. Practically, that is good news. Composting tipping fees are lower than landfill rates, so a clean green load costs less than the same volume of household debris.
Clean is the operative word. Limbs, brush, leaves, grass, shrubs, sod and trunk sections all qualify. One bag of household trash, a run of pressure treated fence board or a sheet of plastic on top can push the whole container to mixed waste pricing.
Sod and wet brush surprise people every time. Both are extremely heavy saturated, and sod carries soil on top of that, so a container that looks half empty is often already at its allowance. After several days of rain, expect the same volume to weigh noticeably more.
Large trunk sections may need a separate container depending on diameter, because grinders at the receiving facility have limits. Tell us what came down and how big it was.
Lot clearing, storm limb cleanup, landscape renovation and seasonal property maintenance are the usual jobs across Carthage, NC.
Call Carolina Container Co at (833) 848-0997 to arrange green waste pickup.