The various kinds of solid waste shall be defined as follows:
Bags.
Plastic sacks designed to store refuse with sufficient wall
strength to maintain physical integrity when lifted by the top. Total
weight of a bag and its contents shall not exceed 35 lbs.
Bin.
The metal receptacle designed to be lifted and emptied mechanically
for use primarily at selected municipal facilities and large commercial
and industrial units.
Bulky waste.
Stoves, refrigerators (with all Chloro-Flouro-Carbon (CFC)
removed), water tanks, washing machines, furniture and all other rubbish
which is not specifically excluded from this definition and which
is of a weight or volume greater than that which may be placed in
a collection cart. The term bulky waste excludes construction debris,
large dead animals, hazardous waste, and stable matter with weights
or volumes greater than those allowed for bins or containers.
City.
The City of Navasota, Texas.
Commercial and industrial unit.
All premises, locations or entities, public or private, requiring
refuse collection within the corporate limits of the city which are
not a residential unit or municipal facility.
Commercial garbage service.
Regular waste collection service to all premises, locations,
or entities, public or private, requiring refuse collection within
the corporate limits of the city which are not a residential unit
or municipal facility.
Construction debris.
Waste building materials resulting from construction, remodeling,
repair or demolition operations at a residential unit, municipal facility
or large commercial and industrial unit.
Container for garbage, rubbish and yard waste collection.
A receptacle with the capacities designated on the agreement
with city’s contractor for waste disposal that is designated
for the purpose of curbside collection of garbage, rubbish and yard
waste and is construed of plastic, metal or fiberglass, having handles
of adequate strength for lifting, and having a tight fitting lid.
The mouth of the container shall have a diameter greater than equal
to that of the base.
Dead animals.
Animals which have expired from any cause. The term dead
animals, does not include the remains of processed meats intended
for human consumption, whether or not cooked.
Disposal site.
A waste material depository designated by the contractor
for disposal services, including but not limited to sanitary landfills,
transfer stations, incinerators, recycling facilities and waste processing/separation
centers licensed, permitted or approved by all governmental bodies
and agencies having jurisdiction and requiring such licenses, permits
or approvals to receive for processing or final disposal of waste
material and small dead animals.
Dispose.
To legally deposit waste or waste material generated by the
customer and placed in a waste collection receptacle whose collection
services are contracted by the city.
Excluded waste.
All large dead animals, hazardous waste, offal waste, stable
matter, vegetable waste, and special waste.
Garbage.
Any small dead animal, not exceeding ten (10) pounds, every
accumulation of waste (animal, vegetable or other matter) that results
from the preparation, processing, consumption, dealing in, handling,
packing, canning, storage, transportation, decay or decomposition
of meats, fish, fowl, birds, fruits, grains or other animal or vegetable
matter which is likely to attract flies or rodents, except bulky waste,
construction debris, hazardous waste, rubbish or stable matter, except
any matter referred to as excluded waste throughout this article.
Hazardous waste.
A form of excluded waste, in any amount, which is radioactive,
volatile, corrosive, highly flammable, explosive, biomedical, infectious,
biohazardous, or toxic. Hazardous waste shall include, but is not
limited to waste that is defined, characterized, or designated as
hazardous by the United States Environmental Protection Agency or
appropriate state agency by or pursuant to state or federal law.
Institutional solid waste.
A form of excluded waste, originating from education, health
care and research facilities such as schools, hospitals, nursing homes,
laboratories and other similar establishments.
Large dead animals.
A form of excluded waste that includes animals or portions
thereof equal to or greater than ten (10) pounds in weight that have
expired from any cause, except those slaughtered or killed for human
use.
Multi-family.
All residential dwelling units of more than one (1) unit
considered to be condominiums, apartment houses or grouped housing.
Municipal facilities.
Only those specific municipal locations as set forth within
the terms of the agreement with the contractor for disposal services.
Offal waste.
A form of excluded waste such as animal (land or marine)
matter from establishments such as butcher shops, slaughterhouses,
food processing and packing plants, rendering plants and fertilizer
plants.
Producer.
An operator or occupant of a commercial or industrial facility
or a residential unit who generates garbage, rubbish, yard waste,
or recyclable materials.
Residential refuse.
All garbage, rubbish, and yard waste generated at a residential
unit. The term residential refuse does not include bulky waste, construction
debris, dead animals, and hazardous waste or stable matter.
Residential unit.
A dwelling unit within the corporate limits of the city intended
for single-family occupancy or intended for occupancy by not more
than one family, and as further described in the agreement with the
contractor for disposal services. The term residential unit does not
include a dwelling unit within a mobile home park which does not receive
individual water or sewer utility service from the city.
Roll-off.
An open top container ranging from 20-40 yards used for the
placement of construction debris and other types of waste.
Rubbish.
All wood waste, wood products, tree trimmings, grass cuttings,
dead plants, weeds, dead trees or branches thereof, chips, shavings,
sawdust, printed matter, paper, pasteboard, rags, straw, used and
discarded mattresses, used and discarded clothing, used and discarded
shoes and boots, combustible waste pulp and other products used for
packaging or wrapping, ashes, cinders, floor sweepings, glass, mineral
or metallic substances, and any other waste materials not included
in the definition of bulky waste, construction debris, dead animals,
garbage, refuse, hazardous waste or stable matter.
Small dead animals.
Animals or portions thereof less than ten (10) pounds in
weight that have expired from any cause, except those slaughtered
or killed for human use.
Solid waste.
Useless, unwanted or discarded materials with insufficient
liquid content to be free flowing, that result from domestic, industrial,
commercial, agricultural, governmental and community operations which
require proper storage, collection, transportation and disposal to
prevent environmental pollution inimical to public health, safety
and welfare. Solid waste does not include sewage, earth or material
used to fill land in accordance with construction codes, mining residues,
slag, dissolved or suspended solids in industrial wastewater effluents
which are not acceptable for disposal in [the] sanitary sewage treatment
system or any material included in the definition of excluded waste.
Special waste.
A form of excluded waste such as nonhazardous, solid waste
that is subject to additional governmental regulations or special
handling requirements in collection, transportation, processing or
disposal as a result of the characteristics of, or processes which
generate such waste. Includes, but is not limited to:
(1)
Waste iron from a commercial or industrial activity;
(2)
Waste generated by an industrial process or a pollution control
process;
(3)
Waste which may contain free liquids;
(4)
Waste which may contain residue and debris from the cleanup
of a spill of petroleum, chemical or commercial products or wastes,
or contaminated residuals;
(5)
Articles from the cleanup of a facility which generates, stores,
treats, recycles or disposes of chemical substances, commercial products
or wastes;
(6)
Wastes which are nonhazardous as a result of proper treatment
pursuant to subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
of 1976 (RCRA);
(7)
Asbestos containing or asbestos bearing material that has been
properly secured under existing federal, state, provincial and local
laws, rules and regulations;
(8)
Containers that once contained hazardous substances, chemicals,
or insecticides so long as such containers are empty as defined by
RCRA;
(9)
Municipal or commercial solid waste that may have come into
contact with any of the foregoing;
(10)
Filter cake sludge wastes from wastewater treatment processes;
(11)
Wastes containing any regulated polychlorinated biphenyls; and
(12)
Ash, sludge, tires and powders.
Stable matter.
A form of excluded waste such as manure and other waste matter
normally accumulated in or about a stable, or other enclosure for
poultry, livestock or other animals, and which results from keeping
of animals, poultry or livestock.
Vegetable waste.
A form of excluded waste such as putrescible solid waste
resulting from the processing of plants for food by commercial establishments
such as canneries. This definition does not include waste products
resulting from the preparation and consumption of food in places such
as cafeterias and restaurants.
Waste.
All solid waste material of every kind or character including
garbage, rubbish, bulky waste, yard waste, stable matter, dead animals,
construction debris, offal waste, vegetable waste, hazardous waste,
and special waste.
Yard waste.
Grass, weeds, leaves, tree trimmings, plants, shrubbery prunings
and other similar plant or wood materials which are generated in the
maintenance of residential yards and gardens.