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<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, ar 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/lay-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 />nuscellaneous 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.
<br />_ 16. Inert Debris. The term `inert debris" means solid waste which consists solely of material that
<br />is virtually inert or that is likely to retain its physical and chemical structure under expected
<br />conditions of disposal, including but not limited to brick, block, rock, asphalt, and dirt.
<br />17. Land clearing debris. The term "land-clearing debris" means solid waste which is generated
<br />solely from land-clearing activities and which does not contain recyclable materials or
<br />municipal solid waste.
<br />1$. Landfill. The term "landfill" means a disposal facility or part of a disposal facility where
<br />waste is placed in or on land, and that is not a land treatment facility, a surface impoundment,
<br />an injection well, a hazardous waste long-term storage facility, ar a surface storage facility.
<br />19. Medical waste. The term "medical waste" means any solid waste which is generated in the
<br />diagnosis, treatment, or immunization of human beings or animals, in msearch pertaining
<br />thereto, or in the production or testing of biologicals, but does not include any hazardous
<br />waste identified or listed pursuant to Chapter 130A, Article 9, of the North Carolina General
<br />Statutes, radioactive waste, household waste as defined in 40 C.F.R § 261.4(b)(1) in effect
<br />on 1 July 1989, or those substances excluded from the definition of solid waste in this
<br />Chapter.
<br />20. Municipal solid waste. The term "municipal solid waste" means any solid waste resulting
<br />from the operation of residential, commercial, industrial, governmental, or institutional
<br />establishments that would normally be collected, processed, and disposed of through a public
<br />or private solid waste program management service. Municipal solid waste includes
<br />constructi[~n and demolition waste and land clearing and inert debris waste. Municipal solid
<br />waste dies not include hazardous waste, sludge, industrial waste managed in a solid waste
<br />management facility owned and operated by the generator of the industrial waste for
<br />management of that waste, ar solid waste from mining or agricultural operations.
<br />21. Non-reusable wood waste. The tenor "non-reusable wood waste" shall mean trees and
<br />vegetation cleared from land for any purpose other than sale as a commodity or chipping for
<br />use on site or for sale.
<br />22. Open burning. The term "open burning" means the combustion of solid waste as a means of
<br />disposal of that waste.
<br />23. Open dump. The term "open dump" means a solid waste disposal site that does not have the
<br />permit or permits required by law or which does not comply with the rules set forth in this
<br />ordinance.
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