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<br />24. Person. The term "person" shall mean a person, group of persons, firm, company,
<br />corporation, association, partnership, unit of local government, state agency, federal agency,
<br />or other legal entity.
<br />25. Processing. The term "processing" means any technique designed to change the physical,
<br />chemical, or biological character or composition of any solid waste so as to render it safe for
<br />transport; amenable to recovery, storage, or recycling; safe for deposit; or reduced in volume
<br />or concentration.
<br />26. Project. The term "project" shall mean a planned undertaking of canstruction, remodeling,
<br />deconstruction and demolition.
<br />27. Putrescible. The term "putrescible" means solid waste capable of being decomposed by
<br />microorganisms with sufficient rapidity as to cause nuisances from. odors, gases or liquids,
<br />such as kitchen wastes, offal and carcasses.
<br />28. Radioactive waste material. The term "radioactive waste material" means solid waste
<br />containing any material, whether solid, liquid, or gas, that emits ionizing radiation
<br />spontaneously.
<br />29. RCRA. The term "RCRA" means the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976,
<br />Pub.L. 94-580, 90 Stat. 2795, 42 U.S.C. § 6901 et seq. as amended.
<br />30. Recovered material. The term "recovered material" means a material that has known
<br />recycling potential, can be feasibly recycled, and has been diverted or removed from the solid
<br />waste stream for sale, use, or reuse. Iri order to qualify as a recovered material, a material
<br />must meet the requirements of N.C.G.S. § 130-309.05(c).
<br />31. Recyclable construction and demolition material. The term "recyclable construction and
<br />demolition material" includes clean wood waste, metals (except closed drums and tanks),
<br />concrete and other inert debris, and unpainted drywall resulting generally from construction,
<br />remodeling, repair, or demolition operations on pavement, buildings, or other structures.
<br />32. 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 debris, 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 />33. Recycling. The term "recycling" refers to the process by which solid waste or recovered
<br />materials are collected, separated, or processed, and reused or retuxned to use in the form of
<br />raw materials or products.
<br />34. Regulated recyclable material. The term "regulated recyclable material" means the
<br />recyclable material as designed in this ordinance as recyclable material.
<br />35. Regulated recyclable material collector. The term "regulated recyclable material collector"
<br />shall mean any person who collects regulated recyclable waste.
<br />36. Scrap fifes. The term "scrap tires" means a fire that is no longer suiffible for its original,
<br />intended purpose because of wear, damage, or defect.
<br />37. Septage. The term "sepffige" means solid waste that is a fluid mixture of untreated and
<br />partially treated sewage solids, liquids, and sludge of human or domestic origin which is
<br />removed from a septic tank system.
<br />38. Sharps. The term "sharps" means needles, syringes, scalpel blades, and other sharp objects
<br />generated in the same manner and subject to the same limitations as medical waste.
<br />39. Sludge._ The term "sludge" means any solid, semisolid, or liquid waste generated from a
<br />municipal, commercial, institutional or industrial wastewater treatment plant, water supply
<br />treatment plant, or air pollution control facility, or any other waste having similar
<br />characteristics and effects.
<br />40. Small dead animals. The term "small dead animals" shall mean animals under 125 pounds.
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