Definitions. The following words and phrases, when used in this Part,
shall have, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the meanings
given to them in this Section:
ALUMINUM CANS
Clean, nonaerosol, empty aluminum beverage and food containers.
AUTHORIZED COLLECTOR
Person, firm or corporation licensed or contracted by the
Township of Lower Swatara to handle municipal waste and recyclables
in accordance with the provisions of this Part.
BULKY WASTE
Items of solid waste which, due to their size, shape or weight,
cannot be collected as a part of the normal weekly municipal waste
collection and therefore require special handling. For example, large
household appliances such as stoves and refrigerators, plumbing fixtures,
furniture, large crates, tires, tools, machinery or parts thereof
and similar items in size shall be considered bulky waste.
COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS
Any establishment engaged in a nonmanufacturing or nonprocessing
business including, but not limited to, stores, markets, office buildings,
restaurants, shopping centers and theaters.
CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION WASTE
Lumber, roofing material, sheathing, rubble, broken concrete,
macadam, plaster and brick, conduit, pipe, insulation and other material
which results from a construction, demolition or remodeling process.
CORRUGATED CARDBOARD
Paper boxes constructed in a corrugated manner and used as
containers for business and consumer applications.
DWELLING UNIT
Any room or group of rooms located within a building and
forming a single habitable unit with facilities which are used or
intended to be used for living, sleeping, cooking and eating by one
family. This definition includes a mobile home. Any multifamily establishment
of two or three dwelling units is included in this definition.
EXCLUSIVE CONTRACT
An agreement entered into by the Township of Lower Swatara
with a private person or corporation for the collection and disposal
of all municipal residential waste and/or recylables within the Township
of Lower Swatara to the extent provided by this Part and the agreement.
GLASS
Clear (flint) or colored glass bottles and jars. Expressly
excluded from this definition of glass are blue glass, lead crystal,
porcelain, ceramic products, mirrors, tempered or plate glass and
light bulbs.
HIGH-GRADE OFFICE PAPER
Any bond, copier, letterhead or mimeograph paper typically
sold as "white ledger" paper and computer paper.
INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENTS
Any establishment engaging in manufacturing or processing
including, but not limited to, factories, foundries, mills, processing
plants and refineries.
LEAF WASTE
Leaves, garden residues, shrubbery and tree trimmings, and
similar material, but not including grass clippings.
MULTIFAMILY ESTABLISHMENTS
Rental housing apartment buildings or apartment complexes
which have four or more dwelling units and condominium associations
and homeowners associations of four or more dwelling units which are
established and organized in such a manner that the association provides
common services for the residents of the housing development. This
definition shall also include apartment buildings and apartment complexes
owned and operated by institutional establishments if this institutional
establishment charges a rental fee for the dwelling units.
MUNICIPAL ESTABLISHMENT
Any facility or building owned or operated by a local government
or county government, local government or county government authority,
state government or agency or federal government or agency.
MUNICIPAL WASTE
Any garbage, refuse, industrial lunchroom or office waste
and any other material including solid, liquid, semisolid or contained
gaseous materials resulting from the operation of residential, municipal,
commercial or institutional establishments and from community activities
and sludge not meeting the definition of residual or hazardous waste
in the Solid Waste Management Act from a municipal, commercial or institutional waste supply
treatment plant, wastewater treatment plant or air pollution control
facility. (Pennsylvania Act 101, § 103).
NEWSPAPER
Paper of the type commonly referred to as newsprint and distributed
at fixed interval having printed thereon news and opinions and containing
advertisements and matters of public interest, excluding magazines
and other glossy paper.
NONRESIDENTIAL
Commercial, industrial, institutional and municipal establishments.
PERSON
Any individual, partnership, corporation, association, institution,
cooperative enterprise, municipal authority, federal government or
agency, state institution or agency or any other legal entity whatsoever
which is recognized by law as the subject of rights and duties.
PLASTIC BOTTLES
Empty, clean consumer product bottles made of polyethylene
erephthalate (PET), polypropylene (PP), high-density polyethylene
(HDPE), low-density polyethylene (LDPE) and polyvinyl chloride (PVC)
most commonly, but not limited to, plastic bottles used as containers
for soda, milk and other consumer care products.
RECYCLABLES/RECYCLABLE MATERIALS
Those materials specified by the Township of Lower Swatara
for separation, collection, processing, recovery or reuse as part
of a recycling program.
RECYCLING
The program or system of separation, collection, processing,
recovery or reuse of recyclables.
RESIDUAL WASTE
Any garbage, refuse, other discarded material or other waste
including solid, liquid, semisolid or contained gaseous materials
resulting from industrial, mining and agricultural operations and
any sludge from an industrial, mining or agricultural water supply
treatment facility, wastewater treatment facility or air pollution
control facility, provided that it is not hazardous. The term shall
not include coal refuse as defined in the Act of September 24, 1968
(P.L. 1040, No. 318), known as the "Coal Refuse Disposal Control Act." The term shall not include treatment sludges from coal
mine drainage treatment plants, disposal of which is being carried
on pursuant to and in compliance with a valid permit issued pursuant
to the Act of June 22, 1937 (P.L. 1987, No. 394), known as the "Clean
Streams Law."
SOLID WASTE
Any waste including, but not limited to, municipal residual
or hazardous waste including solid, liquid, semisolid or contained
gaseous materials. (Pennsylvania Solid Waste Management Act 97, § 103)
STEEL CANS
Clean, nonaerosol, empty all-steel (ferrous material) or
bimetal beverage and food containers.
TOWNSHIP
The governmental jurisdiction and legal entity of the Township
of Lower Swatara, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.