As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have
the meanings indicated:
ACCEPTABLE WASTE
Solid waste which can be processed by the Pierce County resource
conservation facility and includes recyclables and compostables. Wastes not
acceptable at the facility are those which may pose a threat to health or
safety or cause damage to the facility or impair its operation or those which
are physically impossible to process at the facility. The Solid Waste Management
Board may declare categories of waste as acceptable or unacceptable, and the
facility manager is responsible for decisions as to the acceptability of any
waste transported to the facility.
AGRICULTURAL WASTE
Vegetative residues or manures resulting from the raising of plants
and animals for food, fiber and fuel. "Agricultural waste" does not include
waste pesticides or herbicides or their containers, nor the organic created
from industrial operations such as food processing.
AIR CONTAMINANT
The presence in the outdoor atmosphere of any dust, fume, mist, smoke,
vapor, gas or other gaseous fluid or particulate substance differing in composition
from or exceeding in concentration the natural components of the atmosphere
caused by the handling, storage, processing or disposal of solid waste.
AIR POLLUTION
The presence in the outdoor atmosphere of any air contaminant or
combination thereof in such quantity, of such nature and duration or under
such conditions as would be injurious to human health or welfare, to animal
or plant life or to property or would interfere unreasonably with the enjoyment
of life or property caused by the handling, storage, processing, or disposal
of solid waste as defined in this section.
BI-METAL CONTAINER
A container that is made primarily of a combination of steel and
aluminum.
CANISTER SITE
One or more commercial solid waste storage containers (such as green
boxes and dumpsters) located to function as intermediate solid waste facilities
and which are serviced on a regular basis by a public or private solid waste
hauler. A canister site shall not include primary or preliminary collection
containers or dumpsters at the point of generation.
CLEAN FILL
Any material intended for fill purposes, including but not limited
to dirt, rock, broken clean concrete, trees and asphalt paving material, that
is not contaminated with or composed of any environmentally harmful materials,
including but not limited to concrete impregnated with petroleum products,
demolition debris, such as lumber and shingles, asbestos waste and treated
wood.
COMMERCIAL HAULER
Any person, as defined in this section, who owns, operates or leases
vehicles for hire for the purpose of collection and/or transportation of any
type of solid waste. A commercial hauler does not include persons hauling
processed recyclables to an end market.
COMMERCIAL WASTE
Solid waste originating from commercial activities, such as retail
businesses, institutions, government office buildings and schools. "Commercial
waste" shall not include agricultural waste or industrial waste.
COMPOSTING
The controlled biological decomposition of selected solid waste in
a manner resulting in an innocuous final product.
CONTAINER BOARD
Corrugated paperboard used in the manufacture of shipping containers
and related products.
COUNTY
Any department or representative of the county who is authorized
by this chapter or otherwise by the County Board to represent the County of
Pierce in the enforcement or administration of this chapter.
DEMOLITION DEBRIS
Waste resulting from the demolition of buildings and other man-made
structures which may include untreated wood, masonry, glass and plastic building
parts. "Demolition debris" does not include asbestos wastes, clean fill or
treated wood products.
FINAL COVER MATERIAL
Material approved by the Department of Natural Resources that is
used to cover compacted solid waste in the closure of a land disposal site.
Important general characteristics of good final cover material are low permeability,
uniform texture, cohesiveness and compactibility.
FLUORESCENT LIGHT BULB
A glass tube coated inside with a fluorescent substance giving off
light when mercury vapor in the tube is acted upon by electrons from the cathode.
FOAM POLYSTYRENE PACKAGING
Packaging made primarily from foam polystyrene that satisfies one
of the following criteria:
(1)
Is designed for serving food or beverages.
(2)
Consists of loose particles intended to fill space and cushion the packaged
article in a shipping container.
(3)
Consists of rigid materials shaped to hold and cushion the packaged
article in a shipping container.
GARBAGE
Discarded material resulting from the handling, processing, storage,
preparation, serving and consumption of food.
GENERATOR
A person, business, industry, farm, corporation or other entity having
the potential to create solid waste.
HAZARDOUS WASTE
Any waste or discarded material or combinations of waste or discarded
materials in solid, semisolid, liquid or gaseous form which cannot be handled
by routine waste management techniques because they pose a substantial present
or potential hazard to human health or other living organisms because of their
chemical, biological or physical properties. Categories of hazardous waste
materials include, but are not limited to, explosives, flammables, oxidizers,
poisons, irritants and corrosives. "Hazardous waste" does not include sewage
sludge and source material, special nuclear material or by-product material
as defined by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended.
HDPE
High-density polyethylene, labeled by the Society of Plastics Industry
(SPI) Code No. 2.
HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE
Any waste of a solid, semisolid, liquid or gaseous form resulting
from normal and routine household activities such as cleaning, painting, maintenance
and sanitizing. Such waste shall include but not be limited to substances
which are toxic, corrosive, flammable, irritants or strong sensitizers and
found in such household products as oven cleaners, cleaning agents, pesticides
and solvents.
INCINERATION
The process by which solid wastes are burned for the purpose of volume
or weight reduction, energy recovery or destruction of pathogens in facilities
designed for such use.
INCINERATOR
A processing facility designed and operated for controlled burning
of wastes, including infectious waste, to achieve volume or weight reduction,
change waste characteristics, to generate energy, recover heat or to destroy
human or animal pathogens.
INDUSTRIAL WASTE
By-products, discards, sludges, rejects and other waste products
created by any manufacturing process, activity or technology or the performance
of a service in which wastes of a nonresidential nature are produced. Such
services include, but are not limited to, auto body repair shops, gas stations,
dry cleaners, paint shops, furniture stripping shops, junkyards and salvage
yards.
INFECTIOUS WASTE
Solid waste which may contain pathogens with sufficient numbers and
virulence so that exposure to the waste by a susceptible host could result
in an infectious disease. Examples of infectious waste would include, but
not be limited to, bandages, dressings, needles and tissues, fluids or body
parts from medical, dental and veterinary sources, including clinics, hospitals,
ambulances, nursing homes and care of medical, dental and veterinary patients.
INTERMEDIATE SOLID WASTE FACILITY
A facility for the secondary or incomplete handling or treatment
of solid waste, including but not limited to a transfer station, canister
site, recovery of recyclable materials, reduction, shredding and compression.
LAND DISPOSAL FACILITY
A facility where solid waste is placed in a land spreading facility,
a landfill or surface impoundment facility for disposal purposes.
LAND POLLUTION
The presence in or on the land of any waste in such quantity, of
such nature and duration and under such condition as would affect injuriously
any waters of the state, create air contaminants or cause air pollution.
LDPE
Low-density polyethylene, labeled by the SPI Code No. 4.
LICENSEE
A person who has been issued a license by the Pierce County Solid
Waste Management Board for solid waste management purposes pursuant to this
chapter.
MAGAZINES
Magazines and other materials printed on similar paper.
MULTIPLE-FAMILY DWELLING
A property containing five or more residential units, including those
which are occupied seasonally.
MUNICIPAL WASTE
Waste generated primarily by residential and commercial activities.
Municipal waste does not include industrial or agricultural wastes.
NEWSPAPER
A newspaper and other materials printed on newsprint.
OFFICE PAPER
High-grade printing and writing papers. Printed white ledger and
computer printout are examples of office paper generally accepted as high
grade. This term does not include industrial process waste.
OPEN BURNING
Combustion in which the by-products thereof are emitted directly
into the ambient air without passing through a properly sized stack or chimney
with sufficient pollution control devices to control emissions to meet State
of Wisconsin and nuisance standards and which is not capable of being licensed
or permitted by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources as a solid waste
incinerator.
OPERATION
Any site, facility or activity relating to solid waste management.
PERSON
Any human being, any municipality or other governmental or political
subdivision or other public agency, any public or private corporation, any
partnership, firm, association or other organization, any receiver, trustee,
assignee, agent or other legal representative of any of the foregoing, or
any other legal entity.
PETE
Polyethylene terephthalate, labeled by the SPI Code No. 1.
PLASTIC CONTAINER
An individual, separate, rigid plastic bottle, can, jar or carton,
except for a blister pack, that is originally used to contain a product that
is the subject of retail sale.
POSTCONSUMER WASTE
Solid waste other than:
(1)
Solid waste generated in the production of goods;
(2)
Hazardous waste, as defined in § 291.01(7), Wis. Stats.;
(3)
Waste from construction and demolition of structures and scrap automobiles;
or
(4)
High-volume industrial waste, as defined in § 289.01(17),
Wis. Stats.
PP
Polypropylene, labeled by the SPI Code No. 5.
PROCESSED WASTE
Waste that is baled, shredded, pulverized, composted, classified,
separated, combusted or otherwise treated or altered by some means to facilitate
further transfer, processing, utilization or disposal.
PS
Polystyrene, labeled by the SPI Code No. 6.
PUTRESCIBLE WASTE
Waste which contains organic matter capable of being decomposed by
microorganisms and of such a character and proportion as to be capable of
supporting a vector population or attracting or providing food for birds or
which may reach a foul state of decay or decomposition.
PVC
Polyvinyl chloride, labeled by the SPI Code No. 3.
RECYCLABLE MATERIALS
Materials that are separated from solid waste for the purpose of
recycling, including newsprint, ledger paper, corrugated cardboard, plastic,
glass, aluminum, ferrous metals, nonferrous metals, metal containers, automobile
oil, batteries, finished compost and any other material later deemed recyclable
by the county.
RECYCLING FACILITY
A facility where recyclable materials are purchased or received from
generators or collectors, processed for marketing or loaded onto vehicles
for transport to market.
SANITARY LANDFILL
A land disposal site, permitted by the Department of Natural Resources
and Pierce County, employing an engineered method of disposing of solid waste
on land in a manner that minimizes environmental hazards by spreading the
solid waste in thin layers, compacting the solid waste to the smallest practical
volume and applying cover material at the end of each operating day or at
intervals as may be required by the Department of Natural Resources and Pierce
County. Engineered sanitary landfills must have impermeable clay or membrane-type
liners, leachate collection and treatment provisions and surface water diversions
according to Department of Natural Resources and county standards.
SHORELAND
Land located within the following distances from public water:
(1)
One thousand feet from the ordinary high water mark of a lake, pond
or flowage; and
(2)
Three hundred feet from a river or stream or the landward extent of
a floodplain designated by ordinance on such a river or stream, whichever
is greater.
SLUDGE
Any waste that is in solid, semisolid or liquid form generated from
a municipal, commercial or industrial wastewater treatment plant, water supply
treatment plant or air pollution control facility.
SOLID WASTE
Garbage, debris from construction and demolition activities, refuse,
sludge from a water supply treatment plant or a contaminant treatment facility,
nonhazardous medical waste or other discarded waste materials and sludges,
in solid, semisolid, liquid or contained gaseous form, resulting from residential,
industrial, commercial, mining or agriculture operations or from community
activities, but does not include hazardous waste; unrinsed or partially filled
pesticide containers; animal waste used as fertilizer; clean fill, sewage
sludge, solid or dissolved material in domestic sewage or other common pollutants
in water resources such as silt, dissolved or suspended solids or suspended
solids in industrial wastewater effluents or discharges which are point sources
subject to permits under Section 402 of the Federal Water Pollution Control
Act, as amended; dissolved materials in irrigation return flows; or source
material, special nuclear material or by-product material as defined by the
Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and any other radioactive material.
SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITY
An operation for the discharge, deposit, injection, combustion, dumping
or placing of any solid waste into or on any land, water or air in a manner
which may permit the solid waste or any constituent of the solid waste to
be emitted into the air, to be discharged into any waters of the state or
otherwise to enter into the environment. "Solid waste disposal facility" does
not include the transportation, storage or intermediate treatment of solid
waste.
SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
The storage, collection or removal of solid waste from or on public
or private property, its transportation to intermediate or final disposal
facilities or its final disposal by methods approved by the Department of
Natural Resources and Pierce County.
SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITY
A sanitary landfill, demolition debris landfill, incinerator, open
burn site, recycling center, composting facility, intermediate facility or
other operation designed to store, process or dispose of solid waste.
TRANSFER STATION
An intermediate solid waste facility in which solid waste collected
from any source is temporarily deposited to await transportation to another
solid waste management facility.
VOLUME-BASED USER FEE SYSTEM
Fees that are charged by the waste hauler for solid waste collection
and disposal services in relation to the volume or weight of the materials
disposed.
WASTE TIRE
A tire that is no longer suitable for its original purpose because
of wear, damage or defect and which has been removed from a vehicle.
WATER POLLUTION
(1)
The discharge of any pollutant into any waters of the state or the contamination
of any waters of the state so as to create a nuisance or render such water
unclean or noxious or impure so as to be actually or potentially harmful or
detrimental or injurious to public health, safety or welfare, to domestic,
agricultural, commercial, industrial, recreational or other legitimate uses
or to livestock, animals, birds, fish or other aquatic life; or
(2)
The man-made or man-induced alteration of the chemical, physical, biological,
thermal or radiological integrity of waters of the state.
WATERS OF THE STATE
Waters, surface or underground, except those surface waters which
are not confined but are spread and diffused over the land. "Waters of the
state" includes all boundary and inland waters.
WHITE GOODS
Used major residential or commercial appliances, such as washers,
dryers, refrigerators, air conditioners, freezers, stoves, furnaces, boilers,
dehumidifiers, water heaters, dishwashers, ovens and microwave ovens. Microwave
ovens may be disposed of in a landfill subject to the requirement that before
such disposal their capacitors have been removed.
YARD WASTES
The garden wastes, leaves, lawn cuttings, weeds and other nonwoody
vegetative wastes generated at residential or commercial properties.