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<br />23. Person. a person, group of'persons, firm, company, corporation, association, partnership, unit
<br />of local government, state agency, federal agency, or other legal entity.
<br />24. Processing.. any technique designed to change the physical, .chemical, or biological character
<br />or composition of any solid waste so as to render it safe for transport; amenable to recovery,
<br />storage, or recycling; safe for deposit; or reduced in volume or concentration..
<br />25.. Project. a planned undertaking of construction, remodeling, deconstruction and demolition.
<br />26. Putrescible, solid waste capable of being decomposed by microorganisms with sufficient
<br />rapidity as to cause nuisances from odors, gases or liquids, such as kitchen wastes, offal and
<br />carcasses.
<br />27. Radioactive waste material solid waste containing any material, whether solid, liquid, or gas,
<br />that emits ionizing radiation spontaneously..
<br />28. RCRA. The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, Pub.L.. 94 -580, 90 Stat. 2795,
<br />42 U. S.C. § 6901 et seq. as amended.
<br />29. Recovered material. a material that has known recycling potential, can be feasibly recycled,
<br />and has been diverted or removed from the solid waste stream for sale, use, or reuse. In order
<br />to qualify as a recovered material, a material must meet the requirements of N.C.G.S. § 130 -
<br />309..05(c).
<br />30. Recyclable constr uclion and demolition material. clean wood waste and metals (except
<br />closed drums and tanks) resulting generally from construction, remodeling, repair, or
<br />demolition operations on pavement, buildings, or other structures.
<br />31. Recyclable material. The term "recyclable material' includes, but is not limited to,
<br />recyclable construction and demolition materials, aluminum, drink boxes, corrugated
<br />cardboard and Kraft paper, glass bottles and jars, magazines, ferrous and nonferrous scrap
<br />metals, motor oil, newspaper, office paper, scrap paper, plastic bottles including milk jugs,
<br />soda bottles, steel and tin cans, telephone directories, yard waste, cooking grease, clean wood
<br />waste, rubble, food waste when exclusively source - separated for composting, and other
<br />materials as may be specified by the Board of County Commissioners.
<br />32. Recycling. The process by which solid waste or recovered materials are collected, separated,
<br />or processed, and reused or returned to use in the form of raw materials or products.
<br />33. Regulated recyclable material The recyclable material as designed in this ordinance as
<br />recyclable material.
<br />34. Regulated recyclable material collector. any person who collects regulated recyclable waste.
<br />35. Scrap tires. a tire that is no longer suitable for its original, intended purpose because of wear,
<br />damage, or defect.
<br />36. Septage. solid waste that is a fluid mixture of untreated and partially treated sewage solids,
<br />liquids, and sludge of human or domestic origin which is removed from a septic tank system.
<br />37. Sharps. needles, syringes, scalpel blades, and other sharp objects generated in the same
<br />manner and subject to the same limitations as medical waste.
<br />38. Sludge. any solid, semisolid, or liquid waste generated from a municipal, commercial,
<br />institutional or industrial wastewater treatment plant, water supply treatment plant, or air
<br />pollution control facility, or any other waste having similar characteristics and effects..
<br />39. Solid waste, construction and demolition waste; regulated recyclable material; hazardous or
<br />nonhazardous garbage; refuse or sludge from a waste treatment plant, water supply treatment
<br />plant, or air pollution control facility; domestic sewage and sludges generated by the
<br />treatment thereof in sanitary sewage collection, treatment, and disposal systems; and any
<br />other material that is either- discarded or is being accumulated, stored, or treated prior to being
<br />discarded, or has served its original intended use and is generally discarded, including solid,
<br />liquid, semisolid or contained gaseous material resulting from industrial, institutional,
<br />commercial, and agricultural operations, and from community activities. The term does not
<br />include:
<br />a. Fecal waste from fowls and animals other than humans.
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