For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply.
APPLICANT. In reference to a solid waste hauling license, any person applying for a solid waste hauling license. In reference to construction and demolition recycling, any person who applies to the county for the applicable registrations or permits to undertake any covered project within unincorporated Lake County.
CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION DEBRIS (C&D DEBRIS). Non-hazardous, uncontaminated materials resulting from the construction, remodeling, or demolition of utilities, structures, or roads.
C&D DEBRIS THAT IS PROCESSED FOR USE AT A LANDFILL. C&D debris that is processed for use at a municipal solid waste landfill unit as alternative daily cover, road building material, or drainage structure building material in accordance with the landfill’s waste disposal permit issued by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.
COUNTY. Lake County, Illinois, a body politic and corporate.
COVERED PROJECT. All new construction, renovation, demolition, entire re-roofing, or entire re-siding projects, of 1,500 square feet or greater gross floor area, within unincorporated Lake County.
DIVERSION/DIVERTED. To manage, sort and process C&D debris into recyclable C&D debris, recovered wood that is processed for use as fuel, and/or C&D debris that is processed for use at a landfill.
DIVERSION REQUIREMENT. The diversion of at least 75% of the total C&D debris generated by a covered project unless the applicant has been granted an variance pursuant to § 50.04(G); in which case, the DIVERSION REQUIREMENT shall be the maximum feasible diversion rate as established in the variance granted.
HAULER. Any person who engages in the business of collecting or hauling garbage, municipal waste, recyclable material, landscape waste, brush or other refuse on a continuous and regular basis, and makes multiple scheduled collections per month within the county.
LANDSCAPE WASTE. All accumulations of grass or shrubbery cuttings, leaves, tree limbs and other materials accumulated as the result of the care of lawns, shrubbery, vines and trees.
MUNICIPAL WASTE. Garbage, general household institutional and commercial waste, industrial lunchroom or office waste, landscape waste and construction and demolition debris.
MUNICIPALITY. Each incorporated town, village, or city located either partially or wholly within the boundaries of the county.
PERSON. Any individual, firm, limited liability company, association, partnership, political subdivision, government agency, municipality, industry, public or private corporation, or any other legal entity whatsoever.
RECOVERED WOOD THAT IS PROCESSED FOR USE AS FUEL. Wood that has been salvaged from C&D debris and processed for use as fuel, as authorized by applicable state or federal environmental regulatory authority, and supplied only to intermediate processing facilities for sizing, or to combustion facilities for use as fuel, that have obtained all necessary waste management and air permits for handling and combustion of the fuel.
RECYCLABLE C&D DEBRIS. C&D debris that has been rendered reusable and is reused or that would otherwise be disposed of or discarded but is collected, separated or processed and returned to the economic mainstream in the form of raw materials or products. RECYCLABLE C&D DEBRIS does not include C&D debris processed for use as a fuel or for use at a landfill.
RECYCLING. A method, technique or process designed to remove any contaminant from waste so as to render such waste reusable, or any process by which materials that would otherwise be disposed of or discarded are collected, separated or processed and returned to the economic mainstream in the form of raw materials or products.
RECYCLABLE MATERIAL. Material that is separated from municipal waste for the purpose of recycling, including but not limited to, ferrous metal cans, aluminum containers, glass, plastic, which shall include HDPE, PET containers and plastics #3 through #7, newsprint, corrugated paper, junk mail, magazines, office paper, and boxboard.
RENOVATION. Any construction or improvement to an existing structure.
SALVAGE. The controlled removal of C&D debris from a covered project for the purpose of recycling.
SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN. The official county plan adopted pursuant to the Illinois Solid Waste Planning and Recycling Act for the management of municipal waste generated within the county’s boundaries, as amended.
SWALCO. The Solid Waste Agency of Lake County, Illinois.
VOLUME-BASED PRICING. A system under which residents pay for municipal waste management and disposal services by weight or volume collected, not a fixed fee.
(1977 Code, § 1:4-9) (Ord. passed - -2005; Ord. passed 6-11-2013)