You can learn more about household hazardous waste at the EPA's website. If you must dispose of household hazardous waste at home, please follow household hazardous waste disposal guidelines . Debris Landfill in Supply, and not at any other County solid waste collection site. While wet, asbestos must be placed in leak-proof containers or wrapping. The above are the minimum requirements that a party bringing asbestos to any landfill in North Carolina would have to meet.
Any landfill can impose stricter requirements or refuse to accept asbestos altogether.
The plastic must be sealed in order to be leak-proof. This leak-proof wrapper then must be placed in a burlap bag to prevent the wrapper from being punctured. The burlap bag then must be wet down once more. This may sound inconvenient, but it is for the protection of you, your family, and your neighbors, as well as the environment. All types of asbestos are hazardous and may cause lung disease and cancer.