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:::...:.......... <br /> evert Blythe -ordinancedraf16aoted-:c:1e:a: :.:..::: : ..:.....:.::::.,.:...:::::::.... ..:..::.:..., ...:..::.... :.:::..::::. ::,.::::... <br /> U.S,C. §6901 et seq. as amended. <br /> 29. Recovered material. a material that has known recycling potential, can be feasibly recycled, and <br /> has been diverted or removed from the solid waste stream for sale, use, or reuse. In order to <br /> qualify as a recovered material, a material must meet the requirements of N.C.G.S. § 130- <br /> 309.05(c). <br /> 30. Recyclable construction and demolition material. clean wood waste and metals (except closed <br /> drums and tanks) resulting generally from construction, remodeling, repair, or demolition <br /> operations on pavement,buildings,or other structures. <br /> 31. Recyclable material, The term "recyclable material" includes, but is not limited to, recyclable <br /> construction and demolition materials,aluminum,drink boxes,corrugated cardboard and Kraft <br /> paper, glass bottles and jars, magazines, ferrous and nonferrous scrap metals, motor oil, <br /> newspaper,office paper,scrap paper,plastic bottles including milk jugs,soda bottles,steel and <br /> tin cans, telephone directories, yard waste, cooking grease, clean wood waste, rubble, food <br /> waste when exclusively source-separated for composting, and other materials as may be <br /> specified by the Board of County Commissioners. <br /> 32. Recycling. The process by which solid waste or recovered materials are collected, separated, or <br /> 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 recyclable <br /> 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,liquids, <br /> 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 manner and <br /> subject to the same limitations as medical waste. <br /> 38. Sludge. any solid, semisolid,or liquid waste generated from a municipal, commercial, institutional <br /> or industrial wastewater treatment plant,water supply treatment plant,or air pollution control <br /> 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 treatment <br /> thereof in sanitary sewage collection, treatment, and disposal systems; and any other material <br /> that is either discarded or is being accumulated, stored, or treated prior to being discarded, or <br /> has served its original intended use and is.generally discarded, including solid,liquid, semisolid <br /> or contained gaseous material resulting from industrial, institutional, commercial, and <br /> agricultural operations,and from community activities. The term does not include: <br /> a. Fecal waste from fowls and animals other than humans. <br /> b. Solid or dissolved material in: <br /> 1) Domestic sewage and sludges generated by treatment thereof in sanitary sewage <br /> collection,treatment and disposal systems which are designed to discharge effluents to <br /> the surface waters. <br /> 2) Irrigation return flows. <br /> 3) Wastewater discharges and the sludges incidental to and generated by treatment which are <br /> point sources subject to permits granted under Section 402 of the Water Pollution <br /> Control Act, as amended (P.L. 92-500), and permits granted under N.C.G.S. § 143- <br /> 215.1 by the Environmental Management Commission. However, any sludges that <br /> meet the criteria for hazardous waste under RCRA shall also be considered a solid <br /> waste for the purposes of this Article. <br /> 10 <br />