Waste Management
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Division of Waste Management Site Locator Tool
The DWM Site Locator Tool can search for sites managed, regulated and inventoried by the division, such as brownfield locations, underground storage tanks, landfills, superfund sites and hazardous waste facilities.
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Brownfields: Helping businesses and the economy
The Department of Environmental Quality celebrated a Brownfields Program milestone: it entered into its 500th agreement with Rocky Mount officials to redevelop the Historic Douglas Block into a Downtown Event Center.
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Composting: Saving money, conserving resources
To protect the environment and save money, staff in the division’s Composting and Land Application Branch encourage businesses and others to compost their waste instead of sending it to the landfill.
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Superfund: Protecting public health and the environment
Staff in the division’s Superfund Section work to protect public health and the environment by investigating and cleaning up sites where waste or hazardous substances were deposited sometimes before environmental laws existed.
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The primary purpose of the Division of Waste Management (DWM) is to protect public health and the environment by assuring that solid and hazardous wastes and underground storage tanks are managed properly, and that existing contamination is cleaned up. This is accomplished through the Hazardous Waste, Solid Waste, Superfund, and Underground Storage Tank Programs. In addition, the Brownfields Program promotes redevelopment of abandoned, idle and/or under-utilized sites.
