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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, ar recycling;. safe for deposit; or reduced in volume
<br />or concentration.
<br />26. Project. The term `project" shall mean a planned undertaking of construction, remodeling,
<br />deconstruction and demolition.
<br />27. Putrescible. The term `~utrescible" 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~cazcasses.
<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. RCR~1. The term "RC1tA" means the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1974,
<br />]?ub.L. 94580, 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 recycked, and has been diverted or removed from the sokid
<br />waste stream for sale, use, ar reuse. In order to qualify as a recovered material, a material
<br />must meet the requirements of N.C.G.S. § 130-309.OS(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 ail, newspaper, office paper, scrap, paper, plastic bottles including mills jugs,
<br />soda bottles, steel and tin cans, tekephone directories, yard debris, cooking grease, clean wood
<br />waste, rubble, food waste when exclusively source-separated for composting, and other
<br />materials as maybe 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 colkected, separated, or processed, and reused or returned 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 />3d. Scrap ties. The term "scrap tires" means a fire that is no longer suitable for its original,
<br />intended purpose because of wear, damage, ~ defect.
<br />37. Septage. The term "septage" 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 firom 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, commerciak, institutional or industrial wastewater treatment plant, water supply
<br />treatment plant, or air pollution control facility, or any other waste having similaz
<br />characteristics and effects.
<br />40. Small dead animals. The term "small dead animals" shall mean animals under 125 pounds.
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