Wed December 23, 2020 - Southeast Edition #27 Eric Olson - CEG CONTRIBUTING EDITOR The county relies on a pair of EDGE FTS65 Mulch Master machines to help produce its composting product. North Carolina's Mecklenburg County is the state's largest in terms of population with just more than 1.1 million residents. Along with its county seat, Charlotte, Mecklenburg is one of the South's major urban centers. Charlotte-Mecklenburg has epitomized the exponential growth of the New South over the past several decades. Fifty years ago, for instance, the county's population was just more than 354,000 people, meaning that it has more than tripled in size since 1970.