The following words and phrases, as used in this article, shall have
the meanings ascribed herein, unless the context clearly indicates
a different meaning:
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 101).
BULKY WASTE
Large items of solid waste, including, but not limited to,
appliances, furniture, large auto parts, trees, branches or stumps
which may require special handling due to size, shape or weight.
COLLECTOR or WASTE HAULER
Any person, firm, partnership, corporation or public agency
engaged in the collection or transportation of municipal waste.
COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENT
Any establishment engaged in a nonmanufacturing or nonprocessing
business, including, but not limited to, stores, markets, office buildings,
restaurants, shopping centers and theaters.
CONTAINER
A portable device in which waste is held for storage or transportation.
COUNTY
The County of Washington or the Washington County Board of
County Commissioners.
DISPOSAL
The disposition, injection, dumping, spilling, such leaking
or placing of solid waste into or on the land or water in a manner
that the solid waste enters the environment, is emitted into the air
or is discharged into the waters of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
DOMESTIC WASTE or HOUSEHOLD WASTE
Solid waste, comprised of garbage and rubbish, which material
normally originates in a residence, private household or apartment
house.
GARBAGE
Any solid waste derived from animal, grain, fruit or vegetable
matter, capable of being decomposed by microorganisms with sufficient
speed as to cause such nuisances as odors, gases or vectors.
INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENT
Any establishment engaged in manufacturing or processing,
including, but not limited to, factories, foundries, mills, processing
plants, refineries, mines and slaughterhouses.
INSTITUTIONAL ESTABLISHMENT
Any establishment engaged in service, including, but not
limited to, hospitals, nursing homes, orphanages, schools and universities.
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 waste
supply treatment plant, wastewater treatment plant or air pollution
control facility. The term does not include source-separated recyclable
materials.
MUNICIPALITY
The Township of Union, Washington County, Pennsylvania.
PERSON
Any individual, partnership, corporation, association, institution,
cooperative enterprise, municipal authority, federal government or
agency, state institution and agency, or any other legal entity which
is recognized by law as the subject of rights and duties. In any provision
of this article 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 any other legal entity
having officers and directors.
RUBBISH
All nonputrescible municipal waste except garbage and other
decomposable matter. This category includes, but is not limited to,
ashes, bedding, cardboard, cans, crockery, glass, paper, wood and
yard cleanings.
SCAVENGING
The controlled removal or recycling of material from a solid
waste processing or disposal facility.
SOLID WASTE
Any waste, including but not limited to municipal, residual
or hazardous wastes, including solid, liquid, semisolid or contained
gaseous material.
STORAGE
The containment of any waste on a temporary basis in such
a manner as not to constitute disposal of such waste. It shall be
presumed that the containment of any waste in excess of one year shall
constitute disposal. This presumption can be overcome by clear and
convincing evidence to the contrary.
TRANSPORTATION
The off-site removal of any solid waste at any time after
generation.