For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
AGRICULTURAL WASTE. Any refuse, except garbage and dead animals, generated on a farm or ranch by crop and livestock production practices including such items as bags, cartons, dry bedding, structural materials and crop residues, but excluding landscape waste.
GARBAGE or HOUSEHOLD TRASH. Refuse resulting from the handling, processing, preparation, cardboard or any refuse that comes out of the house, cooking and consumption of food or food products, including plastic containers.
LANDSCAPE WASTE. Any vegetable or plant refuse, except garbage and agricultural waste. The term includes trees, tree trimmings, branches, stumps, brush, weeds, leaves, grass, shrubbery and yard trimmings.
OPEN BURNING. The combustion of any matter in such a way that the products of the combustion are emitted to the open air without originating in or passing through equipment for which a permit could be issued under 415 ILCS 5/9(b) of the Environmental Protection Act of the state.
(2007 Code, § 27-6-1)