As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
ACT 101 The Pennsylvania Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction Act of 1988 (Act 101).
ACT 97 The Pennsylvania Solid Waste Management Act of 1980 (P.L. 380, No. 97, July 7, 1980).
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 who or which is engaged in the collection and/or transportation of municipal waste.
COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENT Any establishment engaged in 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 temporarily for storage or transportation.
COUNTY The County of Washington or the County of Washington Board of Commissioners.
DISPOSAL The deposition, injection, dumping, spilling, 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 to the waters of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
GARBAGE Any solid waste derived from animal, grain, fruit or vegetable matter that is capable of being decomposed by microorganisms with sufficient rapidity 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.
MUNICIPALITY The Township of Cecil, Washington County, Pennsylvania.
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.
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 provisions 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.
RESIDENTIAL UNIT Any place containing living quarters, including but not limited to single-family dwellings, multifamily dwellings, apartments, apartment buildings, townhouses, duplexes, condominiums, motels and hotels.
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.
SALVAGING The controlled removal or recycling of material from a solid waste processing or disposal facility.
SCAVENGING The unauthorized and uncontrolled removal of material placed for collection or 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.