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i <br /> 14 <br /> g. Yard waste. <br /> 40. Solid Waste Advisory Board. The policy advisory board of the Board, the County Manager <br /> and the Solid Waste Management Department as described and with membership as provided <br /> in the Agreement for Solid Waste Management among Orange County and the Towns of <br /> Carrboro,Chapel Hill and Hillsborough. <br /> 41. Solid waste facility. any publicly owned solid waste management facility permitted by the <br /> State of North Carolina that receives solid waste for processing,freatment,or disposal. <br /> 42. Solid waste disposal site. any place at which solid waste is legally disposed of by any <br /> method. <br /> 43. Solid waste management. The purposeful, systematic control of the generation, storage, <br /> collection, transport, separation, treatment, processing, recycling, recovery and disposal of <br /> solid waste. <br /> 44. Special waste. solid waste that can require special handling and management,including white <br /> goods,whole tires,used oil,lead-acid batteries, and medical wastes. <br /> 45. Storage. The containment of solid waste,either on a temporary basis or for a period of years, <br /> . in a manner which does not constitute disposal. <br /> 46. Structure. any construction,production, or piece of work artificially built up or composed of <br /> parts purposefully joined together. <br /> 47. Treatment. any method, technique, or process, including neutralization, designed to change <br /> the physical, chemical, or biological character or composition of any hazardous waste so as to <br /> neutralize such waste or so as to render such waste nonhazardous, safer for transport, <br /> amenable for recovery, amenable for storage or reduced in volume. "Treatment" includes <br /> any activity or processing designed to change the physical form or chemical composition of <br /> hazardous waste so as to render it nonhazardous. <br /> . 48. Vehicle. any means by which someone or something is carried or transported. <br /> 49. White goods. The term "white goods" includes refrigerators, ranges, water heaters, freezers, <br /> unit air conditioners, washing machines, dishwashers, clothes dryers, and other similar <br /> domestic and commercial large appliances. <br /> 50. Yard waste. The term "yard wastes"means those organic materials commonly consisting of <br /> leaves, grass, weeds, hedge clippings, yard and garden waste, Christmas trees, pine straw, <br /> branches, small logs, twigs, and all vegetative matter resulting from residential landscaping <br /> activities. <br /> SECTION IX. EFFECTIVE DATE. <br /> fended / /02 The effective date of this ordinance is <br /> lsg:omngecounty\recylable materials ordinance adopted version with 2002 amendments <br /> Adopted 12/11/2001 <br /> Amended / /2002 <br /> 11 <br />