As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
Includes waste food, papers and all waste or discarded wood, lumber or vegetable matter of any kind and any other matter which shall be flammable or capable of fermentation or decay, but excepting therefrom dead animals or parts thereof.
Includes an individual, society, club, firm, partnership, corporation or association of persons, and the singular number shall include the plural number.
Includes waste metal, tin cans, ashes, cinders, glass, pottery and all discarded substances of a solid and noncombustible nature.