So now that you hopefully have a general understanding of what a permitted facility is, now lets look at why this should be the first question you ask before choosing to use a facility for the disposal of any potential waste or recovered product. Keep in mind that just because it has been separated from the waste stream a products legal disposal may very well require it to go to a permitted facility. North Carolina for example regulates wood waste. Though it may be a truck load of pallets or a dumpster full of (unless you are delivering it to the habitat restore or a pallet recycler for reuse) it will have to go to a permitted facility. This can be a landfill, transfer
gypsum processing plant facility or a wood waste grinding / recycling operation. Each waste type will usually fall into its own unique category with special requirements for collection, recycling and disposal. It should be noted that the disposal of some waste may not require a permit at all while others have minor restrictions and others such as mixed requires strict permitting.
It is very important to understand the waste that you are handling and the legal requirements associated with any planned recycling and/or proper landfill disposal. Illegal facilities crop up and can exist for an indefinite time before they are closed by state enforcement. Dont assume that just because your hauler says he/she has permission to dump or
Iron Ore Crusher that he has been taking the waste to a particular dump site for a long time that it is a legitimate disposal site. North Carolina posts all of its permitted facilities on the states environmental website for easy access. Most if not all state environmental agencies should be able to provide you with the list of permitted facilities for your work area by waste type. Or simple ask your waste management company, hauler or the disposal site to provide proof of permitting for the planned disposal recycling site.
Again note that each facility is unique in its operational permitting requirements. Not all facilities require permitting. Again in North Carolina, facilities such as card board recyclers, metal scrap yards or concrete waste processors do not require a state waste permitting. However, most local communities will have zoning requirements or business licenses. As an example of how complicated it can bea company can sell the mulch processed by a wood waste recycler or can receive clean source processed chips, but it cannot take
Cone Ball Mill in clean wood such as 24s or brush to grind to produce the mulch it sells unless it obtains a permit. The permitting will regulate the types of waste that can be received, how the waste is handled, where the waste originated from, any recycling that occurs or what happens to that recovered product, and ultimately how all that cannot or is not recycled is disposed.
