Definitions. The terms used herein shall be defined as follows:
BIMETAL CONTAINER
A container for carbonated or malt beverages that is primarily
made of steel and aluminum.
BRUSH
Clean woody vegetative material which is less than six inches
in diameter, including stumps, roots or shrubs with intact root bulbs.
BULKY WASTES
In general, those wastes too large to be placed in an automated
waste collection cart.
COMMERCIAL WASTE
Any solid waste that accumulates in or upon property which
is used for business, commerce or trade or multifamily dwellings of
five or more units.
GARBAGE
All kinds of organic kitchen waste resulting from the preparation
of food and all decayed or spoiled food products from any source whatsoever.
HAZARDOUS WASTE
Any waste which, because of its quantity, concentration or
physical, chemical or infectious characteristics, including but not
limited to ignitability, corrosivity, reactivity or toxicity, may
pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or
the environment when improperly treated, disposed of or otherwise
managed.
HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE
Those wastes resulting from products purchased by the general
public for household use which, because of their quantity, concentration
or physical, chemical or infectious characteristics, may pose a substantial
known or potential hazard to human health or the environment when
improperly treated, stored, transported, disposed of or otherwise
managed.
INDUSTRIAL WASTE
Any solid waste that accumulates in or upon property which
is used for manufacturing or industrial purposes.
JUNK MAIL
The paper portion of discarded postal mail.
MAJOR APPLIANCE
A commercial or residential water heater, boiler, furnace,
dehumidifier, range, microwave oven from which the capacitor has been
removed, refrigerator, freezer, air conditioner, dishwasher, clothes
washer, clothes dryer and television.
MEDICAL WASTE
Infectious waste and those containers, packages and materials
containing pathogens with sufficient virulence and quantity so that
exposure to the waste by a susceptible host could result in disease.
METAL
Metal which can be recycled but is not a major appliance
or metal container such as a steel or aluminum can.
NONRECYCLABLE SOLID WASTE
Material not capable of being recycled or used again. As
used herein, the term includes wastes that were at some time recyclable
but in their current form are not.
OFFICE PAPER
Paper products generated in an office, consisting of, but
not limited to, high-grade copy paper, computer paper and envelopes.
RECYCLABLES or RECYCLABLE MATERIALS
Those items listed in W.S.A. s. 287.07(1m) to (4), which
includes lead-acid batteries, major appliances, waste oil, yard waste,
aluminum containers, corrugated cardboard or other container board,
foam polystyrene packaging, container glass, magazines, newspapers,
office paper, rigid plastic containers, steel containers and waste
tires.
REFUSE
Combustible and noncombustible rubbish, including, but not
limited to, paper, wood, metal, glass, cloth and products thereof,
litter, street sweepings, ashes, grit, lumber, concrete and other
debris resulting from the demolition or destruction of structures.
SOLID WASTE
All garbage, refuse, rubbish, recyclable material, yard waste
and any other discarded or salvageable solid material.
WOOD WASTE
Clean, dry, untreated wood wastes, limbs and branches resulting
from the care of trees, shrubs and bushes by pruning, trimming and/or
wind damage.
YARD WASTE
Leaves, grass clippings, and yard and garden debris.