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FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT
Division of Waste Management
Solid Waste Section

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UNIT TYPE:
Lined
MSWLF LCID YW Transfer X Compost SLAS COUNTY: Forsyth
Closed
MSWLF HHW White
goods Incin T&P X FIRM PERMIT NO.: 79-07
CDLF Tire T&P /
Collection Tire
Monofill Industrial
Landfill DEMO SDTF FILE TYPE: COMPLIANCE

Date of Site Inspection: April 27, 2017 Date of Last Inspection: initial inspection

FACILITY NAME AND ADDRESS:
Stericycle Environmental Solutions
211 Rockingham Drive
Reidsville, NC 27320

GPS COORDINATES: N: 36.322850° W: -79.640458°

FACILITY CONTACT NAME AND PHONE NUMBER:
Name: Don Nuss, Regional Environmental Manager - Stericycle
Telephone: [phone]
Email address: [e-mail]

FACILITY CONTACT ADDRESS:
211 Rockingham Drive
Reidsville, NC 27320

PARTICIPANTS:
Don Nuss, Regional Environmental Manager, Atlantic Region – Stericycle
Ken Sizemore, Waste Management Specialist – Stericycle
Johnny Carter, Manager, Ops - Sustainability – Stericycle
Larry Frost, Permit Engineer – Solid Waste Section
Susan Heim, Environmental Senior Specialist – Solid Waste Section

STATUS OF PERMIT:
Permit to Operate issued: December 7, 2016
Permit to Operate expires: December 7, 2021

PURPOSE OF SITE VISIT:
Partial Inspection

STATUS OF PAST NOTED VIOLATIONS:
N/A

OBSERVED VIOLATIONS:
None

The item(s) listed above were observed by Section staff and require action on behalf of the facility in order to come into or maintain compliance
with the Statutes, Rules, and/or other regulatory requirements applicable to this facility. Be advised that pursuant to N.C.G.S. 130A-22, an
administrative penalty of up to $15,000 per day may be assessed for each violation of the Solid Waste Laws, Regulations, Conditions of a Permit,
or Order under Article 9 of Chapter 130A of the N.C. General Statutes. Further, the facility and/or all responsible parties may also be subject to
enforcement actions including penalties, injunction from operation of a solid waste management facility or a solid waste collection service and any
such further relief as may be necessary to achieve compliance with the North Carolina Solid Waste Management Act and Rules.
FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT
Division of Waste Management
Solid Waste Section
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ADDITIONAL COMMENTS

1. Following the pre-operations inspection, Mr. Nuss contacted Mr. Frost to discuss whether or not a permit is
required for this facility. This inspection was performed to enable Mr. Frost to view the facility and better
understand its processes.
2. The property and facility were observed to be clean and well-maintained.
3. Proper signage was observed at the truck entrance to the facility.
4. The facility currently services only one customer – Proctor & Gamble. The provisions of the contract require
that no waste is landfilled. Any material received at the facility that cannot be recycled is sent to a permitted
incinerator for disposal.
5. The facility essentially functions as a material recovery facility and employs up to 12 staff for its operations.
6. The facility receives plastic crates filled with mixed waste. Materials in the crates are sorted by hand into bins
for recycling. Recycled materials include empty plastic bottles, empty toothpaste tubes, cardboard, plastic film,
plastic trays and chipboard boxes.
7. Crates sometimes include boxes of packaging that are actually filled with product. Packages containing product
remain intact and are shipped, along with any other non-recyclable materials, to an incinerator for disposal.
8. After being separated, recyclable materials are baled or boxed to prepare them for transport.
9. No processing of materials – shredding, disassembly – takes place at the facility.
10. One area of the facility contains boxes of empty deodorant containers that are being evaluated for potential
recycling. The deodorant containers are made up of three components – the plastic sleeve that houses the
product, the screw that pushes the product up in the container, and the container cap. Each of these components
would be recyclable individually, but the labor involved in separating the components is cost-prohibitive.
Markets that will accept the assembled container are currently being explored.

Crates of mixed materials are received at the facility for
sorting and separation.
Bales or toothpaste boxes and toothpaste tubes are staged for
transport.
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Division of Waste Management
Solid Waste Section
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Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns regarding this inspection report.

________________________________________ Phone: [phone]
Susan Heim
Environmental Senior Specialist
Regional Representative

Sent on: April 28, 2017 to Don
Nuss.
X Email Hand delivery US Mail Certified No. [ ]

Copies: Deb Aja, Western District Supervisor – Solid Waste Section
Jessica Montie, Compliance Officer – Solid Waste Section
Larry Frost, Permit Engineer – Solid Waste Section
Boxes filled with assembled deodorant containers are stored
pending market research. Boxed plastics are staged for transport.