The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter,
shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where
the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
A vehicle that applicable state laws deem to have been abandoned.
The solid waste that results from the rearing and slaughtering
of animals and the processing of animal products and orchard and field
crops.
A composting program providing residents low-cost composting
bins after attendance at a free composting workshop. The program requires
the mandatory separation of certain leaf, yard waste, and certain
food waste materials from the trash of the residents of the Town and
composted under controlled conditions.
Items whose large size precludes or complicates their handling
by normal collection, processing or disposal methods. Does not include
construction materials, automotive parts, or hazardous material.
Any burning of domestic trash, waste materials from the construction
or demolition of buildings, paper and cardboard products, newspapers,
grass or hedge clippings, leaves, branches and vines.
The act of removing solid waste from the primary source to
the central storage point.
Solid waste generated by, businesses, offices and other activities
that do not actually turn out a product. This includes, but is not
limited to, manufactured/mobile home parks.
Containers used to hold organic material for composting under
controlled conditions.
The process of accelerated biodegradation and stabilization
of organic material under controlled conditions.
Animals that have died from any cause, except those slaughtered
or killed for human use.
The duly qualified and appointed person in charge of the
division which is responsible for the administrative management of
this chapter.
The orderly process of discarding useless or unwanted materials.
The division of this Town charged with the administrative
management of this chapter.
All putrescible solid and semisolid household waste of animal
or vegetable matter from the preparation, cooking and serving of food,
but excludes all recyclable materials.
A land site where solid waste is disposed of in a manner
that does not protect the environment.
Desktop computers, computer monitors, televisions, and laptop
computers. This does not include any other computer peripherals.
The obtaining of energy available from the heat generated
when solid waste is incinerated.
The Department of Public Works, the Town department charged
with the enforcement of those aspects of this chapter related to the
protection of the public safety, health, welfare and environment.
All putrescible solid and semisolid household waste of animal
or vegetable matter from the preparation, cooking and serving of food;
and vegetable matter produced from residential gardens.
The act or process of producing solid waste.
Those wastes that require special handling to avoid illness
or injury to persons or damage to property.
Scrap that never leaves the manufacturing operation and is
routinely reprocessed, also referred to as "revert scrap," "mill broke"
or "turnaround scrap."
Solid waste that results from industrial processes and manufacturing.
Solid waste originating from educational, health care or
research facilities.
The period of time between April 1 and December 15 annually
during which, weather permitting as determined by the Director of
Public Works, leaves and other yard debris are collected curbside.
Seasonal depositions by deciduous and coniferous trees, shrubs
and brush.
A composting program with the mandatory separation of certain
leaf and yard waste material from the trash by the residents of the
Town and the collection of these yard waste materials. The collection
of the separated compostable leaf and yard waste material shall be
made periodically under the supervision of the Director of Public
Works.
A recycling program for municipal solid waste, as set forth
in a local recycling plan approved by the state pursuant to the municipal
recycling regulations, as amended.
The assessment of residential, commercial, institutional,
or other solid waste and recyclable material to determine compliance
with local recycling guidelines. This consists of a representative
from the Department of Public Works, Sanitation Division, reviewing
materials placed for curbside collection to insure maximum recycling
efforts.
A residential facility containing more than two living units.
Solid waste generated by the residents of a municipality
in the course of their daily living, the disposal of which the governing
body of the municipality has undertaken in the discharge of its duties
to protect the health of the municipality. Municipal solid waste does
not include solid waste generated by residents of a municipality in
the course of their employment, or that generated by any manufacturing
or commercial enterprise.
Materials which have useful physical or chemical properties
which exist, unused, in nature.
A paper sack of up to 30 gallons' capacity and meeting specifications
set by the Public Works Department.
The condition caused by the presence in the environment of
substances of such character and in such quantities that the quality
of the environment is impaired or rendered offensive to life.
Any method, system or other treatment designed to change
the physical form or chemical content of solid waste.
Scrap that is generated during the manufacturing of a product.
Materials which still have useful physical or chemical properties
after serving a specific purpose and which can, therefore, be reused
or recycled for the same or other purposes.
The process of obtaining material or energy resources from
solid waste. The words "extraction," "reclamation" and "salvage" are
synonymous for the word "recovery."
Materials separated from municipal solid waste for reuse
as specified by the Director of the Department of Environmental Management,
and listed in Section 4 of the municipal recycling regulations or
within this chapter. The materials to be included may change from
time to time depending upon new technologies, economic conditions,
waste stream characteristics, environmental effects, or mutual agreement
between the state and municipalities.
The process by which recovered resources are transformed
into new products in such a manner that the original products lose
their identity.
Trash containers distributed in either forty-eight-gallon
or sixty-four-gallon sizes. Recycling containers are distributed in
either sixty-four- or ninety-six-gallon sizes.
A process of recovering fatty substances from animal parts
by heat treatment, extraction and distillation.
The action of changing the condition of a secondary material.
Anyone residing in the Town for any period of time who has
generated solid waste at a location for which the Town accepts responsibility
for disposal.
All solid waste that normally originates in a residential
environment.
The reintroduction of a commodity into an economic stream
without any change.
The utilization of waste materials.
The uncontrolled removal of materials at any point in the
solid waste stream.
Discarded or rejected material or parts of material that
result from manufacturing operations and are suitable for reprocessing
or recycling.
A material that is utilized in place of a primary or raw
material in manufacturing a product.
The systematic division of solid waste into designated components.
A detached building used exclusively for occupancy by one
family.
Recyclable materials which are required to be removed from
municipal solid waste at the source and placed in the set-out container
for transport to the nearest material recovery facility for recycling.
Trash, refuse and other discarded solid materials generated
by residential, institutional, commercial, industrial and agricultural
sources, but not including solids or dissolved material in domestic
sewage or sewage sludge, nor hazardous waste as defined in the Hazardous
Waste Management Act.[1]
The purposeful, systematic control of the generation, storage,
collection, transport, separation, processing, recovering and disposal
of solid waste.
The removal by the generator of recyclable materials, including
mixed recyclables, from all other solid waste generated by the household,
and conveyance of the recyclables to the curbside or other designated
location by the generator of such recyclables.
The interim containment of solid waste, in an approved manner,
after generation and prior to ultimate disposal.
A site at which solid waste is concentrated and then taken
to a processing facility or sanitary landfill.
The movement of solid waste subsequent to collection.
Major kitchen or laundry appliances, including but not limited
to stoves, washers, refrigerators and dryers. Nothing in this definition
shall waive compliance with the rules and regulations for generation,
transportation, storage and disposal of hazardous waste.
Leaves, grass clippings, weeds, sticks and hedge clippings.
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Editor's Note: See R.I.G.L. § 23-19.1-1 et seq.
