The following words and terms used in this article shall have
the meanings ascribed thereto, unless the context clearly indicates
a different meaning:
ASHES
The solid residue of combustion of any type of fuel.
BULKY WASTE
Refuse which is to be brought to the Landfill and sorted
by category, such as tinware, scrap metal, auto parts, pipe, other
metallic substances, rocks, sod, cinder blocks, earthenware, brick,
concrete, plaster and other mineral substances, furniture, bedding,
glass, ceramics, rugs, appliances, brush, stumps, logs, wood scraps,
furniture (wooden, plastic or metal), metal items, tanks, furnaces,
hot water heaters, large plastic items, porcelain items, demolition
or remodeling debris (excluding asbestos, radioactive materials, and
hazardous waste), batteries, tires, clothing, computers, and electronics.
COMMERCIAL REFUSE HAULER
Any natural person, firm, partnership or corporation engaged
in the business of collecting, transporting and disposing of refuse
in the Town. This shall also mean the contractor, if any, performing
refuse collection for Town residents pursuant to a contract with the
Town of Suffield.
COMMERCIAL SEPTIC WASTE HAULER
Any natural person, firm, partnership or corporation engaged
in the business of removing, collecting, transporting and disposing
of septic wastes in the Town.
CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION WASTES
Waste and portions thereof resulting from clearing, excavation,
demolition, construction or reconstruction performed by any person,
firm or governmental agency and as further defined under Connecticut
General Statutes § 22a-208x.
GARBAGE
Any animal or vegetable matter or product, or the putrefaction
or decomposition thereof, which accumulates in the preparation of
food and any offal or refuse of meats, fish, fowl, vegetable or spoiled
foods and other refuse or waste subject to decay.
HAZARDOUS WASTES
Those solid and/or liquid wastes as defined by the Department
of Environment Protection of the State of Connecticut and the United
States Environmental Protection Agency, including wastes in the following
classifications:
B.
Pathogenic or pathological wastes.
D.
Cleaning fluids, insecticides, fungicides, pesticides, commercial
fertilizers, acids, poisons or other chemical wastes which either
create an immediate safety hazard to persons disposing of the waste
or which by virtue of their chemistry and/or method of disposal present
a threat to the quality of the air and/or groundwater or surface water.
LANDFILL
The Transfer Station and Bulky Waste Facility located at
2715 Mountain Road in West Suffield, Connecticut.
PERSON
Any natural person, partnership, firm, or corporation.
RECYCLABLES
Any items currently defined by the State of Connecticut and the Town of Suffield for mandatory recycling. The current items are defined in the Connecticut General Statutes and are set forth in the definition of "recyclable materials" in §
286-11 in Article
III, Recycling, of this chapter. These recyclables may be revised from time to time, as dictated by contract with the recycling center for disposal and the Town of Suffield, or Connecticut State Statutes.
REFUSE
Shall be construed to be all inclusive and shall include,
but not be limited to, solid waste of the Town, including, but not
limited to, all garbage, ashes, trade wastes, salvageable trade wastes,
papers, cardboard, plastics, metal cans, glass bottles, garden and
lawn refuse, packaging material, furniture, bedding, rubber and leather.
Refuse shall not include body wastes, septic waste or hazardous waste.
SALVAGEABLE TRADE WASTES
All refuse that has use or value to a person, firm, corporation
or establishment or other than those producing the same.
SELECTMEN
The Board of Selectmen of the Town of Suffield.
SEPTIC WASTE
Materials removed from sewers, septic tanks, cesspools and
other devices used for the capture and treatment of putrefactive material.
TOWN
The Town of Suffield.
TRADE WASTES
All wastes and portions thereof from wholesale and retail
establishments, and products of manufacturing, end products of food
preparations for sale, or scraps of leftovers of nonsalable portions
thereof.