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Solid Waste
The City collects three types of solid waste:
• Recyclables: paper, cans, glass, plastic containers, etc., collected through pick-up of City-provided recycle
bins;
• Yard Waste: grass clippings, brush, tree limbs, leaves, etc., collected curbside for transport to the City’s
compost facility; and
• Municipal Solid Waste: household trash and garbage collected through pick-up of City-provided trash bins.
Although Greensboro’s population increased significantly from 2000 to 2017, the amount of solid waste
collected has decreased by 25.8%. Since the City’s primary solid waste facility, the White Street Landfill, was
closed to garbage and trash in 2008, Greensboro ships approximately 200,000 tons of trash each year to the
Uwharrie Environmental Landfill in Montgomery County.
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Solid Waste Collection by Category, Fiscal Year 2000 to 2017
Source: City of Greensboro, Field Operations
DRAFT 48 FEBRUARY 23, 2018
