§ 167.001. Definitions

Sec. 1. As used in this Chapter [Part],

(a) "Ashes" shall mean the residue resulting from the burning of wood, coal, coke or other combustible material.

(b) "Commercial waste" shall mean waste material resulting from the operation of business enterprises and institutions.

(c) "Construction waste" shall mean waste from building construction, alteration, demolition or repair including, but not limited to excavated earth, stones, brick, concrete, plaster, lumber and roofing.

(d) "Disposal" shall include the storage, collection, disposal or handling of refuse.

(e) "Garbage" shall mean all animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking or consumption of foods. All residential garbage shall be drained of surplus liquids.

(f) "Hazardous waste" shall mean waste, or a combination of waste and other discarded material, including solid, liquid, semisolid or containing gaseous material, which, because of its quality, concentration or physical, chemical or infectious characteristics pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or the environment.

(g) "Person" means an individual, firm, corporation, association, partnership, limited liability company, or other legal entity.

(h) "Refuse" shall mean all solid waste, except animal and human excrement, and shall include garbage, ashes and rubbish.

(i) "Residential refuse" shall mean refuse generated from normal household use. Residential refuse does not include commercial waste, construction waste, hazardous waste, residential yard waste or dead animals.

(j) "Residential yard waste" shall mean yard waste generated from single- and two-family households including grass clippings, leaves, and trimmings from shrubs, trees or buses. Residential yard waste does not include tree limbs over four inches in diameter or tree stumps.

(k) "Rubbish" shall include glass, metal, paper, plant growth, wood, or nonputrescible solid wastes.