The following definitions shall apply in the
interpretation and enforcement of this chapter:
APPROVED CONTAINER
Standard containers, dumpster-type containers and special
containers approved by the Director of Public Works.
ASHES
The cold residue from the burning of wood, coal, coke or
other combustible materials.
BUNDLE
Boxes, cartons, paper, trimmings and similar matter bound
so as not to exceed five feet in length and 6 1/2 feet in perimeter
and which shall not weigh over 75 pounds.
CENTER
The Tunxis Regional Processing Center located within the
Town of Berlin.
COLLECTOR
Any person who holds himself out for hire to collect, haul,
transport or dispose of solid waste or recyclable solid waste from
residential, business, commercial or other establishments.
DUMPSTER-TYPE CONTAINER
A large metal or plastic trash bin which is so constructed
that the container can be handled by the equipment used for collection,
which has a tight-fitting cover or closure, and which is of watertight
construction where intended or used for storage of garbage or liquid
wastes.
GARBAGE
All putrescible wastes, except sewage and body wastes, including
vegetable and animal offal and carcasses of dead animals.
LITTER
Construed to have the definition as provided in Connecticut
General Statutes, § 22a-248(4), as amended.
PERMITTEE
The holder for any use or period of time of a permit.
PERSON
An individual natural person, corporation, trust, estate,
partnership, association, joint venture, government, governmental
subdivision or agency, or any other legal entity.
RECYCLABLE SOLID WASTE
Solid waste which has been designated by the Commissioner
of Environmental Protection to be recycled, including but not limited
to cardboard, glass food and beverage containers, metal food and beverage
containers, newspapers, office paper, scrap metal, waste oil, leaves
and storage batteries, excepting hazardous waste.
RECYCLING
Processing of solid waste to reclaim materials therefrom
as defined in Connecticut General Statutes, § 22a-207.
RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY
Real estate containing one or more dwelling units but not
including hospitals, motels or hotels.
RESIDUE
Solid waste remaining after any authorized recycling facility
has processed the waste, but excluding wastes which are toxic or hazardous.
RUBBISH
All nonputrescible waste materials except ashes, including
but not limited to nonrecyclable paper, cardboard, wood, bedding,
crockery and industrial wastes.
SOLID WASTE
All discarded materials or substances, including but not
limited to garbage, litter, rubbish, refuse, sludge from air or water
pollution control facilities or water supply treatment facilities,
rubbish, ashes, contained gaseous materials, incinerator residue,
demolition and construction debris, offal and other discarded materials
and substances resulting from industrial, commercial, mining and agricultural
operations and from community activities, but not including sewage
and other highly diluted water-carried materials or substances and
those in gaseous form or solid or dissolved materials in irrigation
return flows over industrial discharges, or source, special nuclear
or by-product materials within the meaning of the Atomic Energy Act
of 1954, as amended, and hazardous waste or toxic waste as regulated
in accordance with Connecticut General Statutes, § 22a-220.
SOLID WASTE PLAN
An administrative and financial plan for an area which considers
solid waste collection, transportation, volume reduction, recycling,
reclamation and disposal practices for a twenty-year period, or extensions
thereof.
SPECIAL CONTAINER
Any storage container other than a standard container which
has been approved by the Director of Public Works or authorized representative
which does not violate any provision of this chapter.
STANDARD CONTAINER
A watertight, plastic or metal container with handles or
bails, having a tight-fitting cover, not weighing over 35 pounds when
empty, not weighing over 75 pounds when filled and not having more
than 32 gallons capacity.