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<br />10. Disposal. The discharge, deposit, injection, dumping, spilling, leaking or placing of any solid
<br />waste into or on any land or water so that the solid waste or any constituent part of the solid
<br />waste may enter the environment or by emitted into the air or discharged into any waters,
<br />including groundwaters,.
<br />11. Food waste food that has been prepared for human consumption and was not served or
<br />otherwise used for food.
<br />12.. Garbage. all putrescible wastes, including animal offal and carcasses, and recognizable
<br />industrial by- products, but excluding sewage and human wastes.
<br />13. Hazardous waste. solid waste, or combination of solid wastes, which because of its quantity,
<br />concentration, or physical, chemical, or infectious characteristics may (1) cause or
<br />significantly contribute to an increase in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible or
<br />incapacitating reversible illness; or (2) pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human
<br />health or the environment when improperly treated, stored, transported, disposed of' or
<br />otherwise managed.
<br />14. Industrial solid waste. all waste generated from factories, processing plants and other
<br />manufacturing enterprises that is not hazardous waste as defined in this section. Such waste
<br />may include, but is not limited to, waste resulting from the following manufacturing
<br />processes: Electric power generation; fertilizer /agricultural chemicals; food and related
<br />products/by- products; inorganic chemicals, iron, and steel manufacturing; leather and leather
<br />products; nonferrous metals manufacturing foundries; organic chemicals; plastics and resins
<br />manufacturing; pulp and paper industry; rubber and miscellaneous plastic products; stone,
<br />glass, clay, and concrete products; textile manufacturing; transportation equipment; and waste
<br />treatment. The term does not include mining waste or gas waste.
<br />15. Inert Debris.. solid waste which consists solely of material that is virtually inert or that is
<br />likely to retain its physical and chemical structure under expected conditions of disposal,
<br />including but not limited to brick, block, rock, asphalt, and dirt.
<br />16. Lanndfill a disposal facility or part of a disposal facility where waste is placed in or on land,
<br />and that is not a land treatment facility, a surface impoundment, an injection well, a
<br />hazardous waste long - terra storage facility, or a surface storage facility..
<br />17. Medical waste, any solid waste which is generated in the diagnosis, treatment, or
<br />immunization of human beings or animals, in research pertaining thereto, or in the production
<br />or testing of biologicals, but does not include any hazardous waste identified or listed
<br />pursuant to Chapter 130A, Article 9, of the North Carolina General Statutes, radioactive
<br />waste, household waste as defined in 40 C.F.R. § 261.4(b)(1) in effect on 1 July 1989, or
<br />those substances excluded from the definition of solid waste in this Chapter.
<br />18.. Municipal solid waste. any solid waste resulting from the operation of residential,
<br />commercial, industrial, governmental, or institutional establishments that would normally be
<br />collected, processed, and disposed of through a public or private solid waste program
<br />management service.. Municipal solid waste includes construction and demolition waste and
<br />inert debris. Municipal solid waste does not include hazardous waste, sludge, industrial
<br />waste managed in a solid waste management facility owned and operated by the generator of
<br />the industrial waste for management of that waste, or solid waste from mining or agricultural
<br />operations_
<br />19. Non- reusable wood waste. trees cleared from land for any purpose other than sale as a
<br />commodity or chipping for use on site or for sale.
<br />20. Open burning. The combustion of solid waste as a means of disposal of that waste.
<br />21. Open dump a solid waste disposal site. that does not have the permit or permits required by
<br />law or which does not comply with the rules set forth in this ordinance..
<br />22. Pallet. A portable, wooden platform for handling, storing, or moving materials and packages
<br />used in warehouses, factories, retail and wholesale sales locations and vehicles.
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