For the purposes of Chapter 418, Articles I through VI, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings set forth below:
The Pennsylvania Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and
Waste Reduction Act of 1988, 53 P.S. § 4000.101 et seq.
The Pennsylvania Waste Transportation Safety Act of 2002,
62 P.S. § 6201 et seq.
The Pennsylvania Solid Waste Management Act of 1980, 35 P.S.
§ 6018.101 et seq.
All-aluminum scrap or empty beverage and food containers.
The residue resulting from the burning of wood, coal, or
other combustible material. This definition excludes ashes from industrial
processes.
A person, individual, partnership, corporation, or employer
or agent thereof authorized by contract with the municipality to collect
solid waste from residential, commercial, and institutional properties,
as herein defined, under the terms and conditions of this chapter.
In the event of municipal collection, this definition shall include
the Board of Supervisors and employees thereof.
Empty food or beverage containers consisting of ferrous sides
and bottoms and aluminum tops.
Large items of solid waste, including, but not limited to,
appliances, furniture, and tree branches, which require collection
in other than conventional compactor solid waste collection vehicles.
Any person, firm, partnership, corporation, or public agency
who is engaged in the collection and/or transportation of solid waste
and/or recyclable materials in the municipality.
All properties used for industrial or commercial purposes.
Multiple-dwelling residential buildings containing more than four
dwelling units shall be treated as commercial properties.
Events that are sponsored by public or private agencies or
individuals, that include, but are not limited to, fairs, bazaars,
socials, picnics, and organized sporting events attended by 200 or
more individuals per day.
A controlled microbial degradation of organic waste to produce
a relatively nuisance-free product of potential value as a soil conditioner.
A facility used for composting.
A can, mechanical bin, box, or disposable container used
for the storage of solid waste or recyclable materials.
Structural paper material with an inner core shaped in ridged
parallel furrows and ridges.
Desktop computers, laptop computers, computer monitors, computer
peripherals, televisions, tablets, e-readers, and other similar devices,
as set forth in the Covered Device Recycling Act, 35 P.S. § 6031.101
et seq.
The scheduled collection and transport of recyclable materials
placed at the curb or street line by residential property owners.
The deposition, injection, dumping, spilling, leaking, or
placing of solid waste into or onto the land or water in a manner
that the solid waste or a constituent of the solid waste enters the
environment, is emitted into the air, or is discharged to the waters
of the commonwealth. Disposal facilities include, but are not limited
to, municipal waste landfills and construction/demolition waste landfills
as defined by the following: Act 101; Act 07; and PA DEP rules and
regulations, as set forth at 25 P.S. §§ 75 and 272.
A site, location, tract of land, area, or premises used or
intended to be used for solid waste disposal. Disposal sites or facilities
include, but are not limited to, solid waste landfills and construction/demolition
waste landfills as defined by Act 101, Act 97, and/or PA DEP rules
and regulations (25 Pa. Code, Chapters 75 and 271).
A site for the consolidation of waste from one or more sources,
which has little or no management.
A parcel or parcels of land devoted primarily to agriculture,
either to raising crops, livestock, poultry or pasture.
Animal and vegetable waste resulting from the handling, preparation,
cooking, and serving of goods. It does not include wastes from industrial
processing or manufacturing of food products, bodies of dead animals,
or human or animal excrement.
Bottles and jars made of clear, green or brown glass. Expressly
excluded are noncontainer glass, plate glass, blue glass and porcelain
and ceramic products.
Solid waste that is especially harmful or potentially harmful
to public health. This shall include, but not be limited to, explosives,
toxic materials, and medical waste. For the purposes of this chapter,
hazardous waste does not include small quantities of such waste available
on a retail basis to homeowners (e.g., aerosol cans, pesticides, fertilizers,
etc.).
All white paper, bond paper and computer paper used in commercial,
institutional and municipal establishments.
Any device used for the burning of solid waste where the
factors of combustion (i.e., temperature, retention time, turbulence,
and combustion air) can adequately be controlled.
Those properties that house or serve groups of largely unrelated
people (e.g., hospitals, schools, and/or nursing homes).
A person, firm, partnership, corporation, or public agency
that has written authorization from the Pennsylvania Department of
Environmental Protection ("PA DEP") under the Pennsylvania Waste Transportation
Safety Act of 2002, 62 P.S. § 6201 et seq., to collect,
haul, transport, and dispose of municipal waste.
The Township of Middletown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
Any and all real property owned, leased, or under the operation
or control of the municipality.
Paper of the type commonly referred to as "newspaper" and
distributed at fixed or varying intervals. Expressly excluded, however,
are all other paper products of any nature whatsoever.
Any person who manages any solid waste storage, transfer,
processing, or disposal operation.
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
Any individual, firm, partnership, association, corporation,
institution, or other entity.
Empty plastic food and beverage containers. Due to the large
variety of types of plastic, the recycling regulations may stipulate
specific types of plastic which may be recycled.
A licensed collector that provides collection services to
commercial or institutional properties on a private contract basis.
Any technology used for the purpose of reducing the volume
or bulk of solid waste or any technology used to convert part or all
of such materials for off-site reuse. Processing facilities include,
but are not limited to, transfer facilities, recycling facilities,
composting facilities, and resource-recovery facilities.
Those materials specified by the municipality for separate
collection in accordance with recycling regulations. Such materials
may include, but shall not be limited to, glass containers, aluminum,
steel, bimetallic cans, high-grade office paper, newsprint, corrugated
paper, and plastics.
The separation, collection, processing, recovery, and sale
or reuse of metals, glass, paper, plastics, and other materials which
would otherwise be disposed of as solid waste.
All solid wastes, except body wastes, and shall include,
but shall not be limited to, garbage, ashes, bulk waste, and rubbish;
except that refuse shall specifically exclude hazardous waste and
recyclables as defined by this chapter.
Properties used as dwellings, including buildings having
up to four dwelling units in one building. Multiple-dwelling residential
buildings containing more than four dwelling units, for purposes of
this chapter, shall be treated as commercial properties.
Solid materials remaining after burning, including, but not
limited to, ashes, metals, glass, ceramics and unburned organic substances.
Solid waste exclusive of garbage (e.g., nonrecyclable glass,
metal, paper or plastic) and noncompostable plant material, wood or
nonputrescible solid waste.
Any business, trade, or industry engaged, in whole or in
part, in salvaging or reclaiming any product or material, including,
but not limited to, automobiles, metals, chemicals, shipping containers
or drums.
The controlled removal of reusable materials at a salvage
operation.
A PA DEP-approved method of disposing of solid waste on land
without creating nuisances or hazards to the public health or safety.
This is done by confining solid waste to the smallest practical volume
and covering it with a layer of earth at the conclusion of each day's
operation, or at such more-frequent intervals as may be necessary.
Uncontrolled or unauthorized removal of solid waste materials
or recyclables.
Garbage, rubbish, and refuse and other discarded solid materials,
including, but not limited to, solid waste materials resulting from
industrial, commercial and agricultural operation and from community
activities. Liquids, semisolids, and contained gaseous materials are
hereby defined as solid waste. It shall not include solid or dissolved
material in domestic sewage or other significant pollutants in water
resources, such as silt, dissolved or suspended solids in industrial
wastewater effluents, dissolved materials in irrigation return flows,
or other common water pollutants. In addition, it shall not include
hazardous waste.
The purposeful, systematic control of the storage, collection,
transportation, processing and disposal of solid waste and recyclables.
Steel scrap or empty ferrous or tin food or beverage containers.
The duly appointed Township Manager of the Township of Middletown,
Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
A fixed facility used for receiving solid waste from collection
trucks and placing in large-volume, long-haul vehicles.
Prunings, grass clippings, weeds, leaves, and general yard
and garden wastes.
