NEW NORTH CAROUNA LAW BANS PALLET DISPOSAL.

The article reports that the North Carolina General Assembly approved the House Bill 1465, which bans the disposal of wooden pallets, as well as motor vehicle oil filters, rigid plastic containers that have a neck smaller than the body of the container and oyster shells. Wooden pallets may still be accepted for disposal at facilities permitted to accept only construction and demolition debris. Pallets represent approximately four percent of all disposed waste in North Carolina, according to Scott Mouw of the state's Department of Environment and Natural Resources. A disposal ban would divert as much as 200,000 tons per year from disposal. Talking points prepared in support of the ban cite a North Carolina study that identified over 100 pallet recycling companies covering all areas of the state, employing an average of 33 people per business.