The following words and terms when used in this
chapter shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in this section,
unless the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
ASHES
The solid residue of combustion of any type of fuel.
COMMERCIAL REFUSE COLLECTOR
Any natural person, partnership, firm or corporation licensed
by the Board of Selectmen to engage in the business of collecting,
transporting, and disposing of refuse in the Town for a fee.
COMMERCIAL SEPTIC WASTE COLLECTOR
Any natural person, firm, partnership or corporation licensed
by the Board of Selectmen to engage in the business of removing, collecting,
transporting and disposing of septic waste material in the Town for
a fee.
CONSTRUCTION WASTE
Waste and portions thereof resulting from clearing, excavating,
demolition, construction or reconstruction performed by any person,
firm or government agency.
GARBAGE
Any animal or vegetable matter or product of the putrefaction
or decomposition thereof which accumulates in the preparation of food
and any offal or refuse of meats, fish, fowl, vegetables or spoiled
foods and other refuse or waste subject to decay.
HAZARDOUS WASTES
Those solid and/or liquid wastes as defined by the Department
of Energy and Environmental Protection of the State of Connecticut
and the United States Environmental Protection Agency, including wastes
in the following classifications:
B.
Pathogenic or pathological wastes.
D.
Cleaning fluids, acids, poisons or other chemical
wastes which either create an immediate safety hazard to persons disposing
of the waste or which by virtue of their chemistry and/or method of
disposal present a threat to the quality of ground- or surface waters.
E.
Hospital operating room wastes.
PERSON
Any natural person, partnership, firm, or corporation.
REFUSE
Shall be construed to be all-inclusive and shall include,
but not be limited to, all solid wastes of the community, including
all garbage, ashes, rubbish, trade wastes, salvageable trade wastes,
paper, cardboard, plastics, metal cans, glass, bottles, garden and
lawn refuse, excelsior, furniture, bedding, rubber, leather, etc.
"Refuse" shall not include body wastes, septic waste or hazardous
wastes.
RUBBISH
Refuse such as paper, rags, plastics, cartons, boxes, wood,
rubber, glass, bottles, tin cans, metal food containers, tinware,
scrap metal, auto parts, pipe, other metallic substances, rocks, sod,
earthenware, brick, concrete, plaster, and other mineral substances.
SALVAGEABLE TRADE WASTES
All refuse that has use or value to a person, firm, corporation
or establishment other than those producing the same.
SELECTMEN
The Board of Selectmen of the Town of Weston.
SEPTIC WASTE
Materials removed from sewers, septic tanks, cesspools and
other devices used for the capture and treatment of putrefactive material.
TRADE WASTES
All wastes and portions thereof from wholesale and retail
establishments, end products of manufacturing, end products of food
preparation for sale, or scraps of leftovers or nonsalable portions
thereof.