Any term, if not defined in this article, shall have the meaning as from time to time set forth in the Lancaster County Solid Waste Management Authority (LCSWMA) Rules and Regulations. In addition, as used in this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
The Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction Act, Act of July 28, 1988, P.L. 528, No. 101, as now or hereafter amended.
The Solid Waste Management Act, Act of July 7, 1980, P.L. 380, No. 97, as now or hereafter amended.
All food and beverage cans made of the light-in-weight, ductile and malleable metallic substance or element commonly known as "aluminum." This description excludes aluminum foil, trays, plates and miscellaneous aluminum products.
Bags which LCSWMA makes available to generators of municipal waste and which shall be used as disposal containers for batteries which are generated in households.
October 1, 1991, the date upon which the municipality's mandatory recycling program and the contract collection services began.
Events that are sponsored by public or private agencies or individuals, including, but not limited to, fairs, bazaars, socials, picnics and organized sporting events attended by 200 or more individuals per day.
The agreement between the Borough of Manheim and a licensed hauler under which collection services are to be provided to units of occupancy for contract waste and for recyclable materials.
Those portions of regulated municipal waste which are to be collected and disposed of under the contract. Contract waste consists exclusively of refuse and oversized refuse items.
The person providing municipal contract waste and designated recyclable materials collection services under the municipal contract.
Unbleached, unwaxed kraft paper that is formed into layers with a fluted medium and manufactured into shipping boxes and related products.
The correct location for the placement of refuse containers and recycling containers for the purpose of collection by the contractor, which shall be:
Those source-separated recyclable materials designated in § 184-5 of this article.
Any contract for the storage, collection, transportation, processing or disposal of regulated municipal waste or recyclable materials generated or located within the municipality, which:
Refuse containers which are in excess of the three refuse-containers-per-collection-site limit.
A label which must be affixed to tires, white goods, oversized refuse items, yard waste and extra refuse containers in order for such items to be collected by the contractor.
Any specific site designated by LCSWMA (or approved by LCSWMA) as the specific place or site to which solid waste or source separated recyclable materials, or any portion of solid waste or source separated recyclable materials, must or may be delivered; or in the absence of a specific site being designated by LCSWMA, any approved site for the delivery of any category of solid waste or source separated recyclable materials.
A person who produces or creates any solid waste.
Garbage, refuse, sludge from an industrial or other wastewater treatment plant, sludge from a water supply treatment plant or air pollution control facility and other discarded material including solid, liquid, semisolid or contained gaseous material resulting from municipal, commercial, industrial, institutional, mining or agricultural operations, and from community activities, or a combination of these factors, which because of its quantity, concentration, or physical, chemical or infectious characteristics may:
Cause or significantly contribute to an increase in mortality or morbidity in either an individual or the total population; or
Pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or the environment when improperly treated, stored, transported, disposed of or otherwise managed.
The term does not include a) coal refuse as defined in the Coal Refuse Disposal Control Act (52 U.S.C.A. §§ 30.51-30.62), b) treatment sludges from coal mine drainage treatment plants, disposal of which is being carried on under and in compliance with a valid permit issued under the Clean Streams Law (35 P.S. §§ 691.1691.1001), c) solid or dissolved material in domestic sewage, d) solid dissolved materials in irrigation return flows, e) industrial discharges which are point sources subject to permits under Section 402 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C.A. § 1342), or f) source, special nuclear, or by-product material as defined by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C.A. §§ 2011-2394). |
All white paper, bond paper and computer paper used in commercial, institutional and municipal establishments and in residences.
A portion of municipal waste that would be considered hazardous under Act 97 but for the fact that it is produced in quantities smaller than those regulated as hazardous waste under Act 97 and is generated by persons not otherwise covered as hazardous waste generators by Act 97. Household hazardous waste includes the following materials and other materials of a similar nature:
Anti-freeze;
Batteries;
Chlorinated hydrocarbons;
Fluorescent light bulbs and other mercury-containing devices;
Gasoline and kerosene;
Grease and rust solvents;
Oven, toilet and drain cleaners;
Paints, rust preventatives, stains and wood preservatives;
Pesticides, fungicides, herbicides, insecticides, rodenticides, roach and ant killers;
Photographic and pool chemicals;
Thinners, solvents and furniture strippers;
Transmission and brake fluids;
Used oil or other hydrocarbon based lubricants; and
Wood, metal, rug and upholstery cleaners and polishes.
Lancaster County Solid Waste Management Authority, a municipal authority organized and existing under the Municipal Authorities Act of 1945, as amended.
Any facility owned or operated by or on behalf of LCSWMA.
A person who is in possession of all pertinent permits and licenses which may be required by the municipality and LCSWMA for the collection, transportation, storage or disposal of solid waste or recyclable materials.
A form supplied by LCSWMA to be completed and signed by each person who collects or transports solid waste or source separated recyclable materials and which specifies, inter alia, a) the source, type, quantity and delivery point for the solid waste or source separated recyclable materials, b) the applicable license number and c) other pertinent information.
A property with five or more units of occupancy.
The agreement between the municipality and a permitted collector under which collection services are to be provided for municipal contract waste and for designated recyclable materials.
Those portions of regulated municipal waste which are to be collected and disposed of under the municipal contract. Municipal contract waste consists exclusively of refuse and oversized refuse items.
The Borough of Manheim.
The rules and regulations adopted and revised from time to time by the municipality which govern and pertain to the municipality's recycling program and the collection, storage or transportation of regulated municipal waste within the municipality.
Nonprocessable waste is a portion of municipal waste consisting of materials which cannot be handled by LCSWMA's normal processing or disposal methods. Nonprocessable waste includes items greater than six feet in any dimension such as mattresses, large furniture and recreational vehicles. Nonprocessable waste (oversized) may consist of large auto parts, machines, and any other items deemed appropriate by LCSWMA.
All commercial, municipal and institutional establishments, all community activities and all farms, excluding residential units.
A fire, the air contaminants from which are emitted directly into the outdoor atmosphere and not directed thereto through a flue.
Refuse which will not fit into refuse containers but which is not bulky waste, including small furniture, carpet, and the like, but excluding tires and white goods.
A person who is in possession of all pertinent permits and licenses which may be required by a) the municipality and b) LCSWMA, for the collection, storage or disposal of solid waste or recyclable materials.
Any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, association, institution, cooperative enterprise, municipality, municipal authority, governmental entity or agency or any other legal entity whatsoever which is recognized by law as the subject of rights and duties.
Recyclable plastics consist of containers with a neck, which are primarily: #1 PETE (such as soda and water bottles) and #2 HDPE (such as milk, spring water, and detergent bottles).
An individually deeded parcel with its own tax parcel ID number.
A portion of municipal waste consisting of organic waste materials which due to biological decomposition are, or have a tendency to be, rotten, foul, or odorous, including dead animals and spoiled foods, but not including sludge.
Any material which would be regulated municipal waste but for source separation and which will be processed into raw materials or products which are beneficially reused.
The separation, collection, recovery and sale or reuse of metals, glass, paper, yard waste, plastics and other materials which would otherwise be disposed of or processed as waste; or the mechanized separation and treatment of solid waste and creation and recovery of reusable materials or energy.
For residential units, the term "recycling container" shall refer to a container purchased from the municipality or a container substantially consistent with and similar to such container. For multioccupancy units and nonresidential units, the term "recycling container" shall refer to a receptacle which is constructed of plastic, metal or fiberglass and has handles of adequate strength for lifting.
All regulated municipal waste, except the following categories of solid waste:
A receptacle which is constructed of plastic, metal or fiberglass, having handles of adequate strength for lifting and having a tight-fitting lid capable of preventing entrance into the container by vectors; or
A polyethylene bag which:
Is specifically designed for storage and collection;
Is protected against animal damage and overloading so as to prevent littering or attraction of insects or rodents; and
Has a holding strength capable of withstanding normal stresses until it is collected. With respect to residential units, the weight of a refuse container and is contents shall not exceed 30 pounds nor shall its capacity exceed 32 gallons.
Any solid waste generated or collected within the municipality which is garbage, refuse, industrial lunchroom or office waste and other material, including solid, liquid, semisolid or contained gaseous material, resulting from operation of residential, municipal, commercial or institutional establishments and from community activities, and any sludge which is not residual or hazardous waste from a municipal, commercial or institutional water supply treatment plant, wastewater treatment plant or air pollution control facility. The term does not include designated recyclable materials or unacceptable waste.
Any single-family detached or, semidetached dwelling, townhouse dwelling or a dwelling unit within a multiple-family dwelling.
Any garbage, refuse, other discarded material or other Waste, including solid, liquid, semisolid or contained gaseous materials resulting from industrial, mining and agricultural operations and any sludge from an industrial, mining or agricultural water supply treatment facility, wastewater treatment facility or air pollution control facility, provided that it is not hazardous. The term does not include a) coal refuse as defined in the Coal Refuse Disposal Control Act[1] or b) treatment sludges from coal mine drainage treatment plants, disposal of which is being carried on under and in compliance with a valid permit issued under the Clean Streams Law.[2]
The uncontrolled or unauthorized removal of recyclable materials from the curbside.
A system where certain recyclable materials acceptable at a LCSWMA facility, consisting of corrugated cardboard, plastic bottles and jugs with a neck, metal food and beverage cans, and glass bottles and jars, as determined by LCSWMA's rules and regulations, are collected and processed together.
Any waste, including but not limited to municipal, residual, or hazardous wastes, including solid, liquid, semisolid or contained gaseous materials.
The process of separating or the separation of recyclable materials from other solid waste at the location where generated for the purpose of recycling.
The ferrous metal food or beverage containers commonly known as "tin cans."
Any pneumatic rubber automobile, truck, or farm implement tire.
The following types of solid waste are unacceptable waste unless approved by LCSWMA on a case-by-case basis:
Chemotherapeutic waste;
Drums, barrels, buckets and paint cans unless lids have been removed and interiors are cleaned and free of any residue;
Explosives and ordnance materials;
Gas cylinders, unless empty and delivered separate from other solid waste;
Hazardous waste;
Infectious/pathological waste; and
Radioactive materials.
Any private dwelling, store, apartment unit, theater, manufacturing plant, garage and any other building or part of a building not specifically mentioned to which the Borough of Manheim supplies water and sewer services and in or on which a meter for the measuring of the use of water and sewer therein is located whether or not each individual unit is metered. A building with eight apartments would be considered to have eight units of occupancy. A building with a retail store and two apartments would be considered to have three units of occupancy. A building with an office, a repair business, and two apartments would be considered to have four units of occupancy.
A portion of regulated municipal waste consisting of large appliances, including the following: clothes washers, clothes dryers, dishwashers, freezers, refrigerators, stoves, ovens, hot water heaters, air conditioners, dehumidifiers, furnaces and electrical heaters.
All garden residues, grass clippings, shrubbery and tree prunings less than one-quarter-inch in diameter, and similar material, including leaves.