The following words and phrases as used in this Part 1 shall have
the meanings ascribed to them herein, unless the context clearly indicates
a different meaning:
ACT 90
The Pennsylvania Waste Transportation Safety Act of 2002
(P.L. 596, No. 90, June 29, 2002).
ACT 97
The Pennsylvania Solid Waste Management Act of 1980 (P.L.
380, No. 97, July 7, 1980).
ACT 101
The Pennsylvania Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and
Waste Reduction Act of 1988 (Act 1988-101, July 28, 1988).
ALUMINUM CONTAINERS
Empty food or beverage containers consisting of ferrous sides
and bottoms and aluminum tops.
BULK WASTE
Large items of refuse, including but not limited to furniture,
carpet, tires, and appliances, which require collection in other than
conventional compactor refuse collection vehicles.
COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENT
Any establishment engaged in a nonmanufacturing or nonprocessing
business, including but not limited to stores, markets, offices, restaurants,
shopping centers and theaters.
COMMUNITY ACTIVITY
Events that are sponsored by public or private agencies or
individuals that include, but are not limited to, fairs, bazaars,
socials, picnics, carnivals, and organized sporting events attended
by 200 or more individuals per day.
CORRUGATED PAPER
Structural paper material with an inner core shaped in ridged
parallel furrows and ridges.
CURBSIDE RECYCLING COLLECTION
The scheduled collection and transportation of recyclable
materials placed at the curb or street line by persons residing at
a residual property.
GLASS CONTAINERS
Bottles and jars made of clear, green, or brown glass. Expressly
excluded are noncontainer glass, plate glass, blue glass, and porcelain
and ceramic products.
INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENT
Any establishment engaged in manufacturing or production
activities, including but not limited to factories, foundries, mills,
processing plants, refineries, mines, and slaughterhouses.
INSTITUTIONAL ESTABLISHMENT
Any establishment or facility engaged in services, including
but not limited to hospitals, nursing homes, schools and universities.
LEAF WASTE
Leaves, garden residues, shrubbery and tree trimmings, and
similar materials, but not including grass clippings.
MAGAZINES and PERIODICALS
Printed matter containing miscellaneous written pieces published
at fixed or varying intervals; expressly excluded are all other paper
products.
MULTIFAMILY HOUSING PROPERTY
Property containing more than four dwelling units in one
building and all dwellings within the building shall have common ownership.
MUNICIPAL WASTE
Any garbage, refuse, industrial lunchroom or office waste
and other material, including solid, liquid, semisolid or contained
gaseous material, resulting from operation of residential, municipal,
commercial, or institutional establishments and from community activities,
and any sludge not meeting the definition of residual or hazardous
waste under Act 97 from a municipal, commercial or institutional water
supply treatment plant, wastewater treatment plant, or air pollution
control facility. The term does not include any source-separated recyclable
materials.
NEWSPRINT
Paper of the type commonly referred to as newspaper and distributed
at fixed or varying intervals, having printed thereon news and/or
opinions, containing advertisements and other matters of public interest;
expressly excluded, however, are newsprint which has been soiled.
OFFICE PAPER
All white paper, bond paper, and computer paper used in commercial,
industrial, institutional and municipal establishments.
PERSON
Any individual, partnership, corporation, association, institution,
cooperative enterprise, municipality, municipal authority, federal
government or agency, state institution or agency, or any the legal
entity recognized by law as the subject of rights and duties. In any
provisions of this Part 1 prescribing a fine, imprisonment, or penalty
or any combination of the foregoing, the term "person" shall include
the officers and directors of any corporation or other legal entity
having officers and directors.
PLASTIC
Empty plastic food and beverage containers. Due to the large
variety of types of plastic, the recycling regulations may stipulate
specific types of plastic which may be recycled.
RECYCLABLE MATERIALS
Those materials specified by the Township for specific collection
in accordance with recycling regulations. Such materials may include,
but shall not be limited to, leaf waste, yard waste, glass containers,
aluminum containers, steel containers, bimetallic containers, office
paper, newsprint, corrugated paper, and plastics.
RECYCLING
The collection, separation, recovery and sale or reuse of
metals, glass, paper, leaf waste, plastics and other materials which
would otherwise be disposed or processed as municipal waste or the
mechanized separation and treatment of municipal waste (other than
through combustion) and creation and recovery of reusable materials
other than a fuel for the generation of energy.
RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY
All properties used for residual purposes, regardless of
the number of dwelling units, except for multifamily housing properties.
TOWNSHIP
The Township of Warminster, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
YARD WASTE
Leaf waste as defined above and grass clippings.