§ 236-2. Definitions.

As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meaning set forth below, except as otherwise provided in the Connecticut General Statutes. All other terms shall have a meaning consistent with applicable Connecticut General Statutes and the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) regulations which apply to solid waste and recyclables, as the same may be amended.

ACCEPTABLE MUNICIPAL DISPOSAL AREA

The Town Transfer Station located at Route 1, Guilford, Connecticut, and such future locations authorized by the Board of Selectmen, from time and time, in accordance with applicable state and federal laws.

ACCEPTABLE SOLID WASTE

Unwanted or discarded materials, garbage and refuse that the Town is permitted by the state to collect, store and transport from the Town disposal area to resource recovery combustion facilities or landfills that are licensed to accept municipal solid waste but shall not include recyclable materials, bulky waste or hazardous waste.

BULKY WASTE

Land clearing, demolition and construction debris, discarded machinery and equipment, and other unwanted materials that cannot be feasibly disposed of at resource recovery combustion facilities and landfills as acceptable solid waste because of size or noncombustibility but which can be disposed of at specially permitted and available landfills, or as otherwise defined by state law or regulations.

COMMERCIAL COLLECTOR

Any person who holds himself/herself out for hire to collect solid waste on a regular basis from residential, business, commercial or other establishments, as defined in C.G.S. § 22a-220a(g), as the same may be amended.

DUMP

As defined in C.G.S. § 22a-248(12), shall mean to discard more than one cubic foot in volume of litter at one time or furniture, garbage bags or contents thereof or other similar materials. Material which has been placed at a location with intent to leave it indefinitely at such location, or material which has not been removed from a location within 45 days, is deemed discarded.

HAZARDOUS WASTE

The meaning defined in C.G.S. § 22a-115, as the same may be amended.

LITTER

The meaning defined in C.G.S. § 22a-248(4), as the same may be amended.

RECYCLABLE MATERIAL

Any discarded materials which are required to be recycled pursuant to regulations adopted by DEEP under the authority of C.G.S. § 22a-241b, which include, without limitation, cardboard, glass food containers, leaves, metal food containers, newspaper, office paper, mixed paper, scrap metal, storage batteries, waste oil, and plastic containers, as the same may be modified by DEEP, from time to time.

RECYCLING

The process of sorting, cleansing, treating and reconstituting waste or other discarded material for the purpose of using the altered form, as defined in C.G.S. § 22a-248(10), as the same may be amended.