[Amended 1-20-2026 by Ord. No. 2026-01-01]
Unless the context otherwise requires the words and phrases herein defined are used in this article in the sense given them in the following definitions:
Any refuse, except garbage and dead animals, generated on a farm or ranch by crop and livestock production practices including such items as bags, cartons, dry bedding, structural materials, and crop residues but excluding landscape waste.
Refuse resulting from the handling, processing, preparation, cooking and consumption of food or food products; including plastic containers. For the purpose of this article, "garbage or household trash" shall also include "garbage," "rubbish," and "trash" as defined in § 16-1-1 of this Code.
Any vegetable or plant refuse, except garbage and agricultural waste. The term includes trees, tree trimmings, branches, stumps, brush, weeds, leaves, grass, shrubbery, and yard trimmings.
The combustion of any matter in such a way that the products of the combustion are emitted to the open air without originating in or passing through equipment for which a permit could be issued under § 9(b) of the Environmental Protection Act of the State of Illinois.[1]