Moore County, NC Trash & Recycling: Illegal Dumping (2026)

of 10-5-87, spells out the only lawful ways to get rid of solid waste in the county: a sanitary landfill approved by the division of health services under its solid waste disposal standards, a county-operated container site approved by the department of health services, an incinerator meeting local, state and federal air pollution standards, or another reclaiming or recycling method approved by the department of health services and the solid waste director. The section carves out one exception: a resident may dispose of solid waste from his or her own residence on his or her own property in a safe and sanitary manner approved by the health director or director of solid waste, so dumping waste on someone else's land, a roadside, or an unapproved site is not covered by that exception and falls outside every method the section allows.

Section 8-162 puts enforcement in the hands of the county health department, the county solid waste department and the county sheriff's department, any of which can act on a dumping complaint. S. 14-4. 00/30-day misdemeanor structure and adds that each day a violation continues counts as a separate offense.