For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ANIMAL BY-PRODUCTS. Bones, offal, fats, rawhides and other inedible trimmings from animal carcass used or to be used in the manufacture or processing of inedible products.
APPLICANT. An individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation or association.
ASHES. The residue from the burning of wood, coal, coke, refuse, wastewater sludge or other combustible materials.
CLERK. The duly elected or acting Clerk of the Charter Township of Plymouth.
COMPOSTABLES. Leaves, grass clippings, brush, wood debris under six inches in diameter, vegetative pruning, garden waste, yard waste, Christmas trees and wreaths.
CURBSIDE COLLECTION. The collection of solid waste which has been placed for pickup in appropriate solid waste receptacles at the side of a public or private road adjacent to the abutting private property.
GARBAGE. Rejected food wastes, including waste accumulation of animal, fruit or vegetable matter used or intended for food or that attends the preparation, use, cooking, dealing in or storing of meat, fish, fowl, fruit or vegetable.
PERSON. An individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, association or corporation, public or private, organized or existing under the laws of this state or any other state, including a federal corporation.
PRIVATE COLLECTOR. Any person, persons, firm, partnership or corporation to whom has been issued a private collector’s license. This term shall not refer to the township’s contractor.
RUBBISH. Non-putrescible solid waste, excluding ashes, consisting of both combustible and non-combustible waste, including paper, cardboard, metal containers, wood, glass, bedding, crockery, demolished building materials or litter of any kind that may be a detriment to the public health and safety.
SOLID WASTE. Compostables, garbage, rubbish, recyclable materials, ashes, incinerator ash, incinerator residue, street cleanings, municipal and industrial sludges, and solid commercial and solid industrial waste, animal waste, but does not include human body waste, liquid or other waste regulated by statute, ferrous or non-ferrous scrap directed to a scrap metal processor or to a re-user of ferrous or non-ferrous products, or animal by-products.
SOLID WASTE HAULER. A person who owns or operates a solid waste transporting unit.
SOLID WASTE TRANSPORTING UNIT. A container which may be an integral part of a truck or other piece of equipment used for the transportation of solid waste.
SUPERVISOR. A duly elected or acting supervisor of the Charter Township of Plymouth.
TOWNSHIP. The Charter Township of Plymouth.
TOWNSHIP CONTRACTOR. A private individual, firm, partnership or corporation collecting and disposing of municipal solid waste pursuant to a duly authorized and executed agreement or contract with the township, to provide services at a certain rate or price.
(Prior Code, § IX-1.01)