Definitions. The following words and phrases when used in this article
shall have, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the meanings
given to them in this section:
ALUMINUM CANS
Clean, nonaerosol and empty all-aluminum beverage and food
containers.
AUTHORIZED COLLECTOR
A person, firm, or corporation licensed, registered, or contracted
by Lower Paxton Township to handle municipal waste and/or recyclables
in accordance with the provisions of this article.
BULK WASTE
Items of solid waste which, due to their size, shape, or
weight, cannot be collected as part of the normal weekly municipal
waste collection and, therefore, require special handling. For example,
large household appliances such as stoves and refrigerators, plumbing
fixtures, furniture, large crates, tools, machinery, or parts thereof,
and similar items shall be considered bulk waste.
COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS
Any establishment engaged in a nonmanufacturing or nonprocessing
business including, but not limited to, stores, markets, office buildings,
restaurants, shopping centers and theaters.
COMMUNITY EVENTS
Events which include, but are not limited to fairs, bazaars,
socials, picnics, and organized sporting events, that will be attended
by 200 or more individuals per day, regardless of the length of time
of the event.
CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION WASTE
Lumber, roofing material, sheathing, rubble, broken concrete
macadam, plaster and brick, conduit, pipe, insulation, and other material
which results from a construction, demolition, or remodeling process.
CORRUGATED CARDBOARD
Paper boxes constructed in a corrugated manner and used as
containers for business and consumer applications.
DWELLING UNIT
Any room or group of rooms located within a building and
forming a single habitable unit with facilities which are used or
intended to be used for living, sleeping, cooking, and eating by one
family.
EXCLUSIVE CONTRACT
An agreement entered by Lower Paxton Township with a private
person or corporation for the collection and disposal of all municipal
waste and/or recyclables within the Township of Lower Paxton to the
extent provided by this article and the agreement.
GLASS
Plain, uncolored, or colored glass bottles and jars. Expressly
excluded from the definition of glass are blue glass, lead crystal,
porcelain, ceramic products and tempered or plate glass.
INSTITUTIONAL ESTABLISHMENT
Any establishment engaged in service to persons including,
but not limited to, hospitals, nursing homes, orphanages, schools,
and universities. This definition shall also include apartment buildings
and apartment complexes owned and operated by institutional establishments
if the institutional establishment charges rental fee for the dwelling
unit.
MUNICIPAL WASTE
Any garbage, refuse, industrial, lunchroom or office waste
and any other material including solid waste, liquid, semisolid or
contained gaseous materials resulting from the operation of residential,
municipal, commercial or institutional establishments and from community
activities and any sludge not meeting the definition of residual or
hazardous waste in the Solid Waste Management Act, the Act of July
1, 1980, P.L. 380, Act No. 97, as amended, 35 P.S. § 6018.101
et seq., from a municipal, commercial or institutional water supply
treatment plant, waste water treatment plant or air pollution control
facilities. The term does not include source-separated materials (Municipal
Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction Act).
NEWSPAPER
Paper of the type commonly referred to as newsprint and distributed
at fixed intervals, having printed thereon news and opinion, and containing
advertisements and matters of public interest, excluding magazines.
PERSON
Any individual, partnership, corporation, association, institution,
cooperative enterprise, municipal authority, federal government or
agency, state institution or agency, or any other legal entity whatsoever
which is recognized by law as the subject of rights and duties.
PLASTIC BOTTLES
Empty and clean consumer product containers made of polyethylene
terephthalate (PET), polypropylene (PP), high-density polyethylene
(HDPE) and low-density polyethylene (LDPE) most commonly, but not
limited to, plastic bottles used as containers for soda, milk, and
other consumer food products or for household cleaning products or
for personal care products.
RECYCLABLES/RECYCLABLE MATERIALS
Those materials specified by Lower Paxton Township for separation,
collection, processing, recovery, or reuse as part of a recycling
program.
RECYCLING
The program or system of separation, collection, processing,
recovery, or reuse of recyclables.
RESIDUAL WASTE
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 shall
not include coal refuse as defined in the Coal Refuse Disposal Control
Act, the Act of September 24, 1968, P.L. 1040 § 318, as
amended, 52 P.S. § 30.51 et seq. The term shall not include
treatment sludge from coal mine drainage treatment plants, disposal
of which is being carried on pursuant to and in compliance with a
valid permit issued pursuant to the Clean Streams Law, the Act of
June 22, 1987, P.L. 1987, NO 394, as amended, 35 P.S. § 691.1
et seq. (Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction Act).
SOLID WASTE
Any waste including, but not limited to, municipal residual
or hazardous waste, including solid, liquid, semisolid or contained
gaseous materials (Solid Waste Management Act, § 103).
STEEL CANS
Clean, nonaerosol and empty all-steel (ferrous metal) or
bimetal beverage and food containers.
TOWNSHIP
The governmental jurisdiction and legal entity of Lower Paxton
Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.
YARD WASTE
Material such as tree trimmings, shrubbery, and other organic
landscape vegetation. The following items are not considered yard
waste under this definition: grass clippings, fruits and vegetables,
tree stumps, dirt, and stones.