The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context early indicates a different meaning:
ACT 641Act No. 641 of the Public Acts of Michigan of 1978 [MCL § 299.401 et seq.; MSA § 13.281(1) et seq.], as amended, and the administrative rules promulgated thereunder from time to time by the State Department of Natural Resources.
FACILITY or FACILITIESEither the material recover facility (MFR) or the landfill, or when used in the plural, means both the MRF and the landfill.
HAZARDOUS WASTEA. Any material or substance which, by reason of its composition or characteristics, is:
(1) Toxic or hazardous waste, as defined in either the Solid Waste Disposal Act, 42 U.S.C. § 6901 et seq., or Section 6(e) of the Toxic Substances Control Act, 15 U.S.C. § 2605(e), or any rules, regulations or policies promulgated thereunder; or any laws of similar purpose or effect, and any rules, regulations or policies promulgated thereunder.
(2) Special nuclear or by-products materials within the meaning of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954.
B. Any waste managed under Act No. 64 of the Public Acts of Michigan of 1979 [MCL § 299.501 et seq.; MSA 13.30(1) et seq.] as amended, being MCL § 299.501 et seq., and known as the Hazardous Waste Management Act.
C. Any other materials which the State Department of Natural Resources or any governmental agency or unit having appropriate jurisdiction shall determine from time to time is ineligible for disposal in the landfill, whether by reasons of being harmful, toxic, dangerous or otherwise.
MRFA material recovery facility.
RECYCLABLE MATERIALSMaterials that are designated to be separated from solid waste prior to the collection of refuse from sites of generation and delivered to the MRF, including but not limited to plastics, glass, cans, newspapers and yard waste.
REFUSEThe miscellaneous waste material resulting from housekeeping, also referred to as "rubbish."
SITE OF GENERATIONResidential dwellings and premises receiving municipal refuse service in or on which solid waste and recyclable materials are generated and accumulated.
SOLID WASTEWaste which may be disposed of in a Type Two sanitary landfill, pursuant to Act 641 and any regulations, rules or policies promulgated thereunder.
UNACCEPTABLE WASTEB. Includes drums, barrels, containers explosives, including but not limited to dynamite, hand grenades, blasting caps, shotgun shells, fireworks, gasoline, kerosene, turpentine, waste oil, ether, batteries, naphtha, acetone, solvents, paints, alcohol, hydraulic oil, petroleum, caustics, sewage or process wastewaters, leachate, sewage sludge, foundry sand, dusty type material, flammable or volatile liquids, any other liquids, chemical liquid wastes, acids, paste or sludge, asbestos, infectious, pathological, chemotherapeutic, biological and other medical waste, ashes of any kind, including but not limited to fly ash or incinerator ash, radioactive materials, human or animal remains, agricultural and farm machinery and equipment, tar, tree stumps or tree limbs over two inches in diameter, and vehicular bodies, and any other material determined from time to time to be unacceptable by the landfill.
WASTE HAULERA private company or organization in the business of collecting, transporting, delivering or disposing of solid waste and recyclable materials generated within the city. Waste hauler specifically includes the contractor hired by the city to collect, process and dispose of solid waste and recyclable materials from sites of generation.
YARD WASTEMiscellaneous waste material resulting from the maintaining of landscaping of a residence which includes but is not limited to grass, weeds, shrub and bush clippings, leaves, brush and tree trimmings.