As used in this article, the following words and phrases
shall have the meaning ascribed herein, unless the context clearly
indicates a different, more limited or expanded meaning:
ACT 97
The Pennsylvania Solid Waste Management Act of 1980 (P.L.
380, No. 97, July 7, 1980).
ACT 101
The Pennsylvania Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and
Waste Reduction Act (Act 1988-101, July 28, 1988).
ALUMINUM CANS
Empty all-aluminum beverage and food containers of a nonaerosol
type.
BULKY WASTE
Large items of solid waste, including but not limited to
appliances, furniture, large auto parts, trees branches or stumps
which may require special handling due to their size, shape or weight.
CANS
Containers comprised of aluminum, tin, steel, or a combination
thereof which formerly contained only nonaerosol, edible substances
or such other substances as have been approved for recycling.
COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS
Those properties used primarily for commercial or industrial
purposes and those multiple-dwelling residential buildings containing
more than four dwelling units.
COMMINGLED
Source-separated, nonputrescible, recyclable materials that
have been mixed at the source of generation (i.e., placed in the same
container).
COMMUNITY ACTIVITY
An activity or event sponsored or organized by a public or
private nonprofit organization for recreational, educational, cultural
or civic purposes which may be attended by 200 or more members of
the public per day, whether or not an entrance or participation fee
is charged therefor.
CONTAINER
A portable device in which waste is held for storage or transportation.
CORRUGATED PAPER
That structural paper material consisting of two or more
pieces of craft liner separated by a corrugated inner core shaped
in rigid parallel furrows and ridges and normally used for packing,
mailing, shipping or containerizing material, but excluding materials
without a corrugated liner made from rice or nonwood base materials,
and also excluding such materials made from plastic, foam or wax coated
or soiled cardboard.
COUNTY
The County of Lawrence or the Lawrence County Board of Commissioners.
CURBSIDE COLLECTION
The collection by the Borough or its authorized agents or
a licensed hauler or licensed collector of materials placed at the
curbside or other designated location.
DISPOSAL
The deposition, injection, dumping, spilling, leaking or
placing of solid waste into or on the land or water in a manner that
the solid waste enters the environment, is emitted into the air or
is discharged to the waters of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
GARBAGE
Any solid waste derived from animal, grain, fruit or vegetable
matter that is capable of being decomposed by microorganisms with
sufficient rapidity to cause such nuisances as odors, gases or vectors.
GLASS CONTAINERS
Bottles and jars made of clear, green or brown glass. Expressly
excluded are noncontainer glass, plate glass, automotive glass, blue
glass and porcelain and ceramic products.
HAULER OR PRIVATE COLLECTOR
Any person, firm, partnership, association or corporation
engaged in the collection or transportation of municipal waste.
HAZARDOUS WASTE
Any solid waste or combination of solid wastes, as defined
in Act 97, which because of its quantity, concentration or physical,
chemical or infectious characteristics may cause or significantly
contribute to an increase in mortality or an increase in morbidity
in either an individual or the total population; or pose a substantial
present or potential hazard to human health or the environment when
improperly treated, stored, transported, disposed of or otherwise
managed.
HIGH-GRADE OFFICE PAPER
Any white paper, bond paper and computer paper other than
newsprint, magazines or other chemically coated paper or corrugated
paper of the type commonly used for letter writing, stationery, notepaper,
plain paper, photocopy machines, computer printers and other general
purpose paper, whether or not any printed or written matter is contained
thereon. Expressly excluded are papers with self-carbon, carbon paper,
envelopes and all other grades of papers not meeting specifications
in the regulation.
INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENT
Any establishment engaged in service to people, including
but not limited to hospitals, nursing homes, orphanages, churches,
social or fraternal societies, schools and universities and other
organizations.
LEAF WASTE
Leaves, garden residues, shrubbery and tree trimmings and
similar material, but not including grass clippings.
MAGAZINES AND PERIODICALS
Printed matter containing miscellaneous written pieces published
at fixed or varying intervals. Expressly excluded are all other paper
products of any nature whatsoever.
MULTIFAMILY HOUSING PROPERTY
A type of residential property either under single ownership
or organized as a condominium or cooperative form of housing which
contains over four dwelling units.
MUNICIPALITY
The Borough of New Wilmington, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania.
MUNICIPAL WASTE
Any garbage, refuse, industrial, lunchroom or office waste
and other material, including solid, liquid, semisolid or contained
gaseous material resulting from operation of residential, municipal,
commercial or institutional establishments and from community activities;
and any sludge not meeting the definition of residual or hazardous
waste under Act 97 from a municipal, commercial or institutional water
supply treatment plant, wastewater treatment plant or air pollution
control facility. The term does not include source-separated recyclable
materials.
NEWSPAPERS
Paper of the type commonly referred to as "newsprint" and
distributed at fixed intervals, having printed thereon news and opinions
containing advertisements and other matters of public interest. Expressly
excluded are glossy advertising inserts and newspapers which have
been soiled.
OCCUPIED DWELLING
A permanent building or fixed mobile home that is currently
being used on a regular or temporary basis for human habitation.
PERSON
Any individual, partnership, corporation, association, institution,
cooperative enterprise, municipal authority, federal government or
agency, state institution and agency or any other legal entity which
is recognized by law as the subject of rights and duties. In any provision
of this article which prescribes a fine, imprisonment or penalty,
or any combination of the foregoing, the term "person" shall include
the officers and directors of any corporation or other legal entity
having officers and directors.
PLASTIC CONTAINERS
Empty plastic food and beverage containers. Regulations may
limit the specific types of plastic and/or plastic containers that
may be recycled.
PROCESSING
Any technology used for the purpose of reducing the volume
or bulk of municipal or residual waste or any technology used to convert
part or all of such waste materials for off-site reuse. Processing
facilities include, but are not limited to, transfer facilities, composting
facilities and resource recovery facilities.
RECYCLABLE MATERIALS
Those materials specified by the Borough to be recycled.
The list of materials shall be specified in the regulations as revised
from time to time.
RECYCLING
The collection, separation, recovery and sale or reuse of
metals, glass, paper, leaf waste, plastics and other materials which
would otherwise be disposed or processed as municipal waste, or the
mechanical separation and treatment of municipal waste (other than
through combustion) and creation and recovery of reusable materials
other than a fuel for the generation of energy.
RECYCLING FACILITY
A facility employing a technology that is a process that
separates or classifies municipal waste and creates or recovers reusable
materials that can be sold to or reused by a manufacturer as a substitute
for or a supplement to virgin raw materials. The term "recycling facility"
shall not mean transfer stations or landfills for solid waste, nor
composting facilities or resource recovery facilities.
REFUSE
All solid waste materials which are discarded as useless.
REGULATIONS
Regulations adopted by Borough Council pursuant to this article.
RESIDENCE
Any occupied single-family or multifamily dwelling from which
a municipal or private waste hauler collects solid waste.
RESIDUAL WASTE
Any garbage, refuse, other discarded material or other waste,
including solid, liquid, semisolid or contained gaseous materials
resulting from industrial, mining and agricultural operations and
any sludge from an industrial mining or agricultural water supply
treatment facility, wastewater treatment facility or air pollution
control facility, provided that it is not hazardous. The term "residual
waste" shall not include coal refuse as defined in the Coal Refuse
Disposal Control Act. The term shall not include treatment sludges from coal
mine drainage treatment plants, disposal of which is being carried
on pursuant to and in compliance with a valid permit issued pursuant
to the Act of June 22, 1937 (P.L. 1987, No. 394), known as the "Clean
Streams Law."
RESOURCE RECOVERY FACILITY
Processing facility that provides for the extraction and
utilization of materials or energy from municipal waste that is generated
off-site, including but not limited to a facility that mechanically
extracts materials from municipal waste, a combustion facility that
converts the organic fraction of municipal waste to usable energy
and any chemical and biological process that converts municipal waste
into a fuel product.
RUBBISH
All nonputrescible municipal waste except garbage and other
decomposes matter. This category includes but is not limited to ashes,
bedding, cardboard, cans, crockery, glass, paper, wood and yard cleanings.
SALVAGING
The controlled removal or recycling of material from a solid
waste processing or disposal facility.
SCAVENGING
The unauthorized and uncontrolled removal of material placed
for collection or from a solid waste processing or disposal facility.
SOLID WASTE
Any waste, including but not limited to municipal, residual
or hazardous wastes, including solid, liquid, semisolid or contained
gaseous material. Unless the context indicates a different meaning,
the term does not include source-separated recyclable materials.
STEEL CANS
Empty food or beverage containers made of steel or tin-coated
steel.
STORAGE
The containment of any waste on a temporary basis in such
a manner as not to constitute disposal of such waste. It shall be
presumed that the containment of any waste in excess of one year constitutes
disposal. This presumption can be overcome by clear and convincing
evidence to the contrary.
TRANSFER STATION
Any supplemental transportation facility used as an adjunct
to waste collection route vehicles.
TRANSPORTATION
The off-site removal of any solid waste at any time after
generation.
YARD WASTE
Grass clippings and, when mixed with grass clippings, pruning,
weeds, leaves and garden waste.