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<br /> SECTION VII. DEFINITIONS.
<br /> For the purposes of this Ordinance,the following definitions shall apply:
<br /> 1. Animal litter. The term "animal litter" shall mean droppings from cats, dogs, birds, or other
<br /> animals and material used in pens,cages, or animal boxes.
<br /> 2. Ashes. The term ."ashes" shall mean refuse resulting from the burning of wood, coal, cork or
<br /> other combustible material which has no live embers.
<br /> 3. Board. The term"Board"shall refer to the Board of Commissioners of Orange County.
<br /> 4. Bulk material. The term "bulk container" shall mean a tightly constructed metal, plastic or
<br /> other material container of two (2) cubic yards or greater capacity and of a design approved
<br /> by the County manager as being capable of being emptied by equipment.
<br /> 5. Clean wood waste. The term"Clean wood waste"means wood waste from construction and
<br /> demolition activity that is not treated,free of paint, and free of glues and adhesives.
<br /> 6. Collection. The term "collection" means the act of removing solid waste (including
<br /> construction and demolition waste, land-clearing debris or recyclable materials) from a point
<br /> of generation to a central storage point or to a disposal site, and from a central storage point
<br /> processing center to a disposal site.
<br /> 7. Construction and demolition waste. The term "construction and demolition waste" shall
<br /> mean solid waste resulting generally from construction, remodeling, repair, or demolition
<br /> operations on pavement,buildings, or other structures.
<br /> 8. Corrugated cardboard. The term "corrugated cardboard" means three-layered cardboard
<br /> material with a middle, wavy layer. Nonrecyclable cardboard, such as waxed boxes,
<br /> cardboard adhered to packing material(such as Styrofoam or wooden or plastic supports)and
<br /> cardboard saturated with motor oil or foodstuffs in its normal use before disposal are
<br /> excluded from this definition.
<br /> 9. Department. The term"Department"means the Solid Waste Management Department.
<br /> 10. Department Director. The term "Department Director" means the Director of the Solid
<br /> Waste Management Department.
<br /> 11. Disposal. The term "disposal' means the discharge, deposit, injection, dumping, spilling,
<br /> leaking or placing of any solid waste into or on any land or water so that the solid waste or
<br /> any constituent part of the solid waste may enter the environment or by emitted into the air or
<br /> discharged into any waters,including groundwaters.
<br /> 12. Food waste. The term "food waste" means food that has been prepared for human
<br /> consumption and was not served or otherwise used for food.
<br /> 13. Garbage. The word "garbage" means all putrescible wastes, including animal offal and
<br /> carcasses,and recognizable industrial by-products,but excluding sewage and human wastes.
<br /> 14. Hazardous waste. The term"hazardous waste"means a solid waste, or combination of solid
<br /> wastes, which because of its quantity, concentration, or physical, chemical, or infectious
<br /> characteristics may (1) cause or significantly contribute to an increase in mortality or an
<br /> increase in serious irreversible or incapacitating reversible illness; or (2) pose a substantial
<br /> present or potential hazard to human health or the environment when improperly treated,
<br /> stored,transported,disposed of or otherwise managed.
<br /> 15. Industrial solid waste. The term"industrial solid waste"shall mean all waste generated from
<br /> factories,processing plants and other manufacturing enterprises that is not hazardous waste as
<br /> defined in this section. Such waste may include, but is not limited to, waste resulting from
<br /> the following manufacturing processes: Electric power generation; fertilizer/agricultural
<br /> chemicals; food and related products/by-products; inorganic chemicals, iron, and steel
<br /> manufacturing; leather and leather products; nonferrous metals manufacturing foundries;
<br /> organic chemicals; plastics and resins manufacturing; pulp and paper industry; rubber and
<br /> miscellaneous plastic products; stone, glass, clay, and concrete products; textile
<br /> manufacturing; transportation equipment; and waste treatment. The term does not include
<br /> mining waste or gas waste.
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