For the purpose of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section:
REFUSE: Tree trimmings, junked building and roofing materials, manufacturing waste, rocks, dirt and other waste material not defined as "solid waste" or "trash".
SOLID WASTE: Shall include all putrescible and nonputrescible refuse in solid or semisolid form, including, but not limited to, garbage, refuse, rubbish, ashes or incinerator residue, street refuse, dead animals, demolition wastes, construction wastes, solid or semisolid commercial and industrial wastes and hazardous wastes (including explosives, pathological wastes, chemical wastes, herbicide and pesticide wastes).
SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM: The entire process of storage, collection, transportation, processing and burying solid waste at or in a site approved by the state department of environmental quality.
TRASH: Paper, rags, containers or paper, tin cans, yard and house sweepings and all other household waste, but not tree trimmings, building and manufacturing waste, sewage and rocks, raw dirt, rainwater and other liquid refuse properly disposable through the sanitary sewers of the town. (1992 Code § 16-32; amd. 2005 Code)