As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
ACCEPTABLE DISPOSAL SITE
Waste disposal facilities such as landfills or trash-to-steam
facilities which are licensed by and operated in accordance with the
laws and regulations of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or the laws
and regulations of the state in which the disposal site is located.
ACCEPTABLE WASTE
Municipal waste which is collected from the general public
or is otherwise consistent with Section 7701(e)(3)(B) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, which is not unacceptable waste.
COLLECTOR or WASTE HAULER
Any person, firm, partnership, corporation or public agency
who is engaged in the collection and/or transportation of municipal
waste and/or source-separated recyclable materials.
COMPANY
The entity or entities which are under contract with the
municipality to provide solid waste disposal service.
CONSTRUCTION DEMOLITION WASTE
Solid waste resulting from the construction or demolition
of buildings and other structures, including but not limited to wood,
plaster, metals, asphalt materials, bricks, blocks and unsegregated
concrete. The term also includes dredging waste.
CONTRACTOR
The entity or entities which are under contract with the
municipality to provide solid waste disposal service.
MUNICIPALITY
The Township of Lower Moreland, a township of the first class
located within the County of Montgomery, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
MUNICIPAL WASTE
Any garbage, refuse or industrial, lunchroom or office waste
and other material including solid, liquid, semisolid or contained
gaseous materials resulting from operation of residential, municipal,
commercial or institutional establishments and from community activities
and any sludge not meeting the definition of residual waste or hazardous
waste in Act 97 and Act 101, The term does not include any source-separated recyclable
materials.
NONPROCESSABLE WASTE
That portion of acceptable waste which consists of white
goods, including refrigerators, washing machines, dryers, window air
conditioners, hot-water heaters and other major home appliances.
PROCESSABLE WASTE
That portion of acceptable waste which is not nonprocessable
waste.
RECYCLING or RECYCLED
The collection, separation, recovery and sale or reuse of
metals, glass, paper, yard 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 operation of energy.
RESIDENTIAL COMPONENT
All acceptable waste generated by households within a participating
municipality, exclusive of multiple-family dwellings which are not
included in the calculation of the residential component.
SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DWELLING
For purposes of this chapter, single-family residential dwellings
include all residential units, including buildings containing multiple
dwelling units of four units or less.
SOURCE SEPARATION
The segregation and collection, prior to the point of entry
into the municipal system, for the purpose of recycling, of individual
components of acceptable waste, such as (without limitation) bottles,
cans, yard waste, and other materials in accordance with Act 101.
UNACCEPTABLE WASTE
(1)
Explosives, pathological and biological waste, residual waste
and hazardous waste, radioactive materials, sludge, cesspool or other
human waste, human and animal remains, motor vehicles, liquid waste,
contained gaseous materials which may pose a hazard to the facility
or the community, hazardous substances as defined in the Federal Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, as it may be amended from time to time hereafter, and
any analogous federal, state or local law, ordinance, rule or regulation
as may be applicable at the time of delivery of waste to the facility
and commercial waste which is not permitted by law to be treated and
disposed of in the facility;
(2)
Any item of waste either smoldering or on fire;
(3)
Construction and demolition debris, ashes, incinerator residue
and foundry sand;
(4)
Automobile or truck tires and motor vehicle batteries;
(5)
Wastes in quantities and concentrations which require special
handling in their collection and/or processing, including medical
or other "red bag waste";
(6)
All other items of waste which, at the time of delivery to the
facility, would be likely to pose a threat to health or safety or
have been prohibited by any valid and enforceable judicial decision,
order or governmental action from being accepted by the facility.
WHITE GOODS
Refrigerators, washing machines, dryers, window air conditioners,
hot-water heaters and other major home appliances.
YARD WASTE
Leaves, garden residues, shrubbery and tree trimmings, Christmas
trees and similar materials, including grass clippings.