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The City of Kannapolis provides the following disposal services for residents:
E-Waste- Eligible items include: computers, televisions, printers, scanners, telephones microwaves, and stereo equipment. Ineligible items include: automotive electronics, large pieces of industrial equipment (commercial medical equipment that contains a cathode ray tube or cahtode ray tube device, a flat panel display, or similar video display device that is contained within, or other medical devices as the defined under the federal food, drug, and cosmetic act.)
Garbage and yard waste collection occurs weekly.
The collection of recycling, bulky items, white goods and e-waste occurs every other week.
To find your garbage/yard waste and recycling, bulky items, white goods, and e-waste pick-up day, download the CARTology app, or enter your address at the top of this page.
Please space carts, yard waste, furniture and bulky items 5 feet away from each other and from parked cars, mailboxes, poles, guy wires, fences and other obstructions. Place your garbage, recycling, yard waste, bulky items, white goods, and e-waste at the curb the night before your collection day and remove empty containers from the curb no later than 7 a.m. the day after your collection day.
If any services are missed, you must contact us at 704-920- within 24-hours, or items will not be collected until the next scheduled pick up.
To request a second garbage cart or recycling cart call (704) 920-. There is a fee of $2.50 per month to have a second cart.
If your cart is damaged please call (704) 920- to request a replacement. PLEASE NOTE: residents are expected to keep their carts clean and we do not replace carts because they have an odor or there are bugs in the cart.
Click here to view the Recycling Calendar.
Collection of garbage, recycling, bulky items, white goods, and e-waste occurs on all holidays EXCEPT Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. For those two holidays, collection will occur on a one-day delay for the remainder of the week to include a Saturday pick-up.
Yard waste, limbs, and loose leaves are collected by City crews. There will not be any yard waste, limb, or loose leaf collection on any of the following holidays observed by the City:
Garbage should be placed in your 96-gallon rollout carts with the BLACK lid. The cart should not be overloaded, and the lid should close properly.
Garbage should be bagged and lid closed.
Request an additional garbage cart or replace a damaged garbage cart by calling 704-920-. There is an additional fee of $2.50 per month for a second cart.
Recycling should be placed in your 96-gallon rollout carts with the YELLOW lid. The cart should not be overloaded, and the lid should close properly.
DO NOT MIX GARBAGE WITH RECYCLING, IT WILL NOT BE COLLECTED.
Recycling should NOT be bagged.
All items should be clean and dry before being placed into the bin.
Request an additional recycle cart or replace a damaged recycle cart by calling 704-920-. There is an additional fee of $2.50 per month for a second cart.
Commercial Garbage and Recycling Collection
The City of Kannapolis also offers garbage and recycling to businesses. This Informational Brochure offers complete details on the Program. If your business is interested ' fill out the convenient online application. The online application will calculate the cost of the service based on your individual business needs.
All leaves and yard waste must be bagged for collection except during Loose Leaf Collection Season. Yard waste in opaque bags (dark or white) must be left open, and yard waste in translucent bags must be tied shut.
Loose Leaf Collection Season (vacuuming of loose leaves ONLY), begins October 30, and ends March 18, . During this period, leaves do not need to be bagged. Check the CARTology app for your loose leaf collection day.
Processed wood will not be collected.
To dispose of your real Christmas tree, please remove all decorations, lights, and place at the curb for collection same day as yard waste. Artificial Christmas trees, remove all decorations, lights, and place at curb the same day as your recycling for bulky collection.
In the event of a missed pickup (not due to a holiday or posted delay), please call (704) 920- within 24-hours.
Residents should use the Cabarrus County Household Hazardous Waste Facility to dispose of waste oil, paint, batteries, car batteries, oil, propane cylinders, fluorescent and compact fluorescent light bulbs, and many other materials that are not collected by the City.
For a complete list of accepted items and more information, contact the Cabarrus County Household Hazardous Waste facility at (704) 920- or see CARTology for instructions.
Unused medicine is a threat to both public health and the environment. Medicines that are flushed down the drain or that leach from landfills eventually end up in our waterways. Don't keep unused medicines lying around, but also remember not to flush medicines or put them in the trash.
To prevent prescription and over-the-counter medications from getting into our waterways or into the hands of children, please drop off medications in the drop box located in the lobby of the Kannapolis Police Department at 401 Laureate Way.
The City does not pickup dead animals that were personal pets or animals that have died and are outside of the City's rights-of-way.
Dead animals that have been killed by a car and are left along the road should be reported to Public Works at 704-920-. On weekends, please leave a message through option 1.
(10-15 minutes for initial set-up, 35-45 minutes for activity at the end of the collection time)
Note that not all lessons and activities will exist under a unit, and instead may exist as "standalone" curriculum.
Units serve as guides to a particular content or subject area. Nested under units are lessons (in purple) and hands-on activities (in blue).
(10-15 minutes for initial set-up, 35-45 minutes for activity at the end of the collection time)
Students collect and categorize solid waste.copyright
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This engineering curriculum aligns to Next Generation Science Standards ( NGSS ).
Excessive product packaging materials add to the solid waste (garbage) problem. Packaging engineers use smaller amounts of materials and find more creative and efficient ways to safely package consumer products. Engineers determine materials (paper, paperboard, plastics, glass, metal and wood) and if protective packaging is needed, using environmentally-friendly and recyclable materials when possible.
After this activity, students should be able to:
Each group needs:
Visit [
www.teachengineering.org/activities/view/cub_environ_lesson04_activity1
] to print or download.Per capita, the U.S. is one of the biggest trash-makers in the world. Americans use a lot of disposable products and products with abundant'and wasteful'packaging. For example, 1.6 billion writing pens go into the garbage and 7 million automobiles are junked in the U.S. each year!
Wealthy countries, in general, produce more trash than other countries because the people in those countries can "afford" to consume more products. Often, developed countries pay poorer countries to take their trash. Those poorer countries often take the waste because they need the money, even though they actually have no safe way to dispose of the waste.
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Engineers continuously develop methods to decrease the amount of product packaging and create recycled packaging materials from items that are thrown away, such as plastics. Consumers'that's us!'must help engineers by sorting the items in our garbage that can be recycled and re-used. Once we have separated the recyclable items, we must make sure they get to a recycling facility, either by being picked up by a recycling service or by being dropped off at a recycling center. We can also help engineers by producing less waste and re-using items, such as wrapping paper and plastic eating utensils. By helping engineers as they develop technologies for dealing with waste, we are also helping our communities from having to find places to store garbage.
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Before the Activity
With the Students
Before Day 1 of Trash Collection
Figure 1. Examples of everyday trash. copyright
Copyright © Jessica Todd, ITL Program, College of Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder
Day 6: The Lab Day
Figure 2. Examples of recyclable trash. copyright
Copyright © Jessica Todd, ITL Program, College of Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder
Figure 3. More examples of recyclable trash. copyrightCopyright © Jessica Todd, ITL Program, College of Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder
Figure 4. Examples of non-recyclable trash. copyrightCopyright © Jessica Todd, ITL Program, College of Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder
Figure 5. Example of re-usable trash. copyrightCopyright © Jessica Todd, ITL Program, College of Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder
garbage: Spoiled or waste food that is thrown away.
non-recyclable: An item that is neither reusable nor recyclable.
recyclable: An item that may be remade either as the same thing or as part of a different product (without recollecting and processing the initial natural resources).
reusable: An item that can be immediately used again, repaired and used again, or used in a new way.
trash: Items that are considered worthless, unnecessary, or offensive and that are most often thrown away. Usually, it is defined as dry material and excludes food waste (garbage) and ashes.
Pre-Activity Assessment
Prediction: Using the Let's Talk Trash Worksheet, ask students to predict how much trash (total mass) the class generated in one week, and predict the amount of trash in each of the categories (food, paper, plastic, etc.).
Activity Embedded Assessment
Data Analysis: Have students fill out the Analysis section of the Let's Talk Trash Worksheet as they follow along with the activity
Post-Activity Assessment
Pairs Check: Have students pair up within their teams and work on the Discussion Questions portion of the worksheet. After students have finished, discuss the answers as a class.
Pass the Buck: Assign one student in the group to be the recorder, and have students complete the Conclusion section of the worksheet. Have a student toss out an idea. Next, another person in the group provides an idea that builds on the first. Go around the group in this fashion until all students have put in enough ideas to put together a design. When they are done, have them share their ideas with the class.
You may need to review how to calculate percentages and/or how to create pie charts.
Create a school bulletin board to report your findings.
Ask students to write a letter to the editor of the school newspaper describing the class findings and urging others to make changes in their "trash habits."
Challenge another class to reduce its solid waste by more than your class.
Contact the local solid waste disposal company, and ask them to give you community percentages for each of the trash categories. Compare this information to your classroom results.
For lower grades, chose one or more of the following:
For upper grades, have students look at the fraction and decimal representations of the different categories in addition to the percentages.
Upper Elementary
Lesson
Solid Waste Takes OverIn this lesson, students explore solid waste and its effects on the environment. They collect classroom trash for analysis and build model landfills in order to understand the process and impact of solid waste management.
Solid Waste Takes OverUpper Elementary
Lesson
3RC (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Compost)Students expand their understanding of solid waste management to include the idea of 3RC: reduce, reuse, recycle and compost. They look at the effects of packaging decisions (reducing) and learn about engineering advancements in packaging materials and solid waste management.
3RC (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Compost)Upper Elementary
Lesson
Trash Materials Investigation: What Will Biodegrade?Students investigate what types of materials biodegrade in the soil, and learn what happens to their trash after they throw it away. They learn about the concepts behind landfills and compost piles. In an associated activity, students create their own miniature landfills'a hands-on way to learn the ...
Trash Materials Investigation: What Will Biodegrade?Middle School
Lesson
The Great Pacific Garbage PatchThe Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP) is an intriguing and publicized environmental problem. Through exploring this complex issue, students gain insight into aspects of chemistry, oceanography, fluids, environmental science, life science and even international policy.
The Great Pacific Garbage PatchGlencoe Science: An Introduction to the Life, Earth and Physical Sciences, Student Edition. Blacklick, OH: Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, .
Prentice Hall Science. Ecology Earth's Natural Resources Activity Book. NJ: Prentice Hall, Inc., .
Spurling Jennett, Pamela. Investigations in Science ' Ecology, Westminster, CA: Creative Teaching Press, Inc., .
The contents of this digital library curriculum were developed under grants from the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE), U.S. Department of Education and National Science Foundation (GK-12 grant no. ). However, these contents do not necessarily represent the policies of the Department of Education or National Science Foundation, and you should not assume endorsement by the federal government.
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