The following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
ASHES
The residue from coal or other fuel.
COLLECTIBLE RECYCLABLES
Those items which are determined by Orange County to be marketable
and collectible at its recycling center, or those items which are
determined by the Commissioner of Public Works of the City (or his/her
agent) to be marketable and collectible as recyclable materials or
products, and all of the foregoing items shall be known as "recyclables."
DROPOFF CENTER
A facility provided by the City for the express purpose of
collecting garbage and recyclables.
DUMPSTER
A large, metal trash bin, often of a kind that is emptied,
or transported to a dump, by a specially equipped truck; also includes
all types of trash containers referred to in general as "trash dumpsters."
GARBAGE
All putrescible and nonputrescible materials or substances
discarded or rejected as being spent, useless, worthless or in excess
to the owners at the time of such discard or rejection, including
garbage, rubbish, ashes and refuse by definition in this article,
and also including the organic waste of meat, bones, fish, fruit,
vegetables or any animal or vegetable matter, including tin cans,
that have contained food material.
NONCOLLECTIBLE RECYCLABLES
Those items which, by law, must be returned to the seller,
including but not limited to deposit bottles and waste oils.
RECEPTACLES
Containers for garbage or recyclables which will be provided
by the City of Middletown for the deposit of household garbage and
recyclables. Such receptacles shall be sized 95 gallons, 65 gallons
or 35 gallons.
REFUSE
Inorganic waste such as bottles, glass, crockery, metals
or other incombustible matter, including grass clippings, leaves and
tree trimmings.
RUBBISH
Paper, wood, leather, cloth or any other combustible matter.
Any person, partnership, corporation or other entity who or
which violates any provision of this chapter shall be guilty, upon
conviction, of an offense punishable by a fine not less than $250
nor more than $1,000 or by imprisonment for a period not exceeding
15 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each day that a violation
is permitted to exist shall constitute a separate offense.