For the purpose of this chapter, various types of solid
wastes shall be defined as follows:
ANIMALS AND FOWL
Includes dead dogs, cats, wild and domestic birds, poultry and livestock
in their natural form, but excludes the aforementioned which have been processed
in any manner so as to be included in the definition of "garbage."
BULKY WASTES
Includes waste materials such as refrigerators, washers, dryers,
stoves, water tanks, tree branches, limbs, stumps, tires and other similar
materials, but excludes materials described in the definitions of "garbage"
and "rubbish."
CONSTRUCTION WASTES
Includes the waste portion of materials used in the construction
or alteration of or additions to buildings, but excludes paper, cardboard
and other material described in the definition of "rubbish."
DEMOLITION WASTES
Includes the structural, interior and exterior covering materials
of any building which is being partly or totally demolished, and shall include
wiring, plumbing materials, gutters and downspouts, but excludes loose paper,
rubbish and other contents described in the definitions of "garbage" and "rubbish."
"Demolition waste" shall also include trees, stumps, limbs and branches resulting
from trimming or removal of trees.
EXCEPTED MATERIALS
Includes materials consisting entirely of topsoil, clean earth (sand,
clay, etc.), rock gravel, broken masonry and concrete which may be useful
in the disposal operation.
GARBAGE
Includes all table, kitchen, restaurant, food-processing or selling
waste of any animal or vegetable nature, swill, vegetables, fruits, meats,
fish, bones, fat, all solid putrescible matter, animal and vegetable, which
may result from the preparation of meat, fish, fowl and vegetables of any
character or which may be caused by the decay of foodstuffs or by handling,
storing or dealing in the same. "Garbage" shall also include paper, plastic
or other products which have become wetted or saturated with any of the above
items as a result of wrapping, storing or serving foodstuffs.
HAZARDOUS WASTES
Includes any highly flammable, poisonous, odorous or offensive-tasting
material which would present a fire or chemical hazard or pollute the air
or groundwater, such as gasoline, arsenic, phenol, etc.
RUBBISH
Includes waste materials from homes, commercial, industrial, recreational
or educational establishments or other sources which may be both combustible
and noncombustible but are not highly putrescible or hazardous. "Rubbish"
includes paper, rags, cans, bottles, plastic, leaves, grass and plant trimmings.
UNACCEPTABLE WASTES
Includes materials which, in their present form, are a nuisance or
hazard to the disposal operation and can be made a lesser nuisance or hazard
or are partly or entirely salvageable when dismantled, contained, reduced
in size and/or separated, such as car seats, car bodies, LP gas tanks, etc.