As used in this chapter, the words and phrases listed below shall have the following meanings:
(a) "Acceptable waste" means solid waste, but excluding unacceptable waste.
(b) "Act 641" means Act 641 of the Public Acts of 1978, as amended, and the administrative rules promulgated thereunder from time to time by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.
(c) "Agreement" means any agreement for solid waste processing and disposal services entered into by and between the City and other parties for processing, recycling and disposal of solid waste.
(d) "DRF" means any disposal and recycling facility which shall be designated to be utilized for the processing of recyclable materials by the City.
(e) "DRF operations date" means the date upon which the City commences with the receipt and processing of recyclable materials.
(f) "Drop-off site for hazardous waste" means that location designated by the City, from time to time in its Council meeting minutes, or posted in City Hall, as the only approved area for depositing or leaving hazardous waste.
(g) "Drop-off site for voluntary deposit of recyclable materials" means that location designated by the City, from time to time in its Council meeting minutes, or posted in City Hall, as the only approved area for depositing or leaving recyclable materials.
(h) "Hazardous waste" means:
(1) Any material or substance which, by reason of its composition or characteristics, is:
A. "Toxic or hazardous waste," as defined in either the Solid Waste Disposal Act, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 6901 et seq., or Section 6(e) of the Toxic Substances Control Act, 15 U.S.C. Sec. 2605(e), or any laws of similar purposes or effect, and any rules, regulations or policies promulgated thereunder; or
B. Special nuclear or by-product materials within the meaning of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954.
(2) Any waste managed under Act 64 of the Public Acts of 1979, as amended, being M.C.L.A. 299.501 et seq., and known as the Hazardous Waste Management Act.
(3) Any other materials which the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, or any governmental agency or unit having appropriate jurisdiction, shall determine, from time to time, to be ineligible for disposal in a landfill, whether by reason of their being harmful, toxic, dangerous or otherwise.
(i) "Landfill" means any sanitary landfill utilized or approved by the City.
(j) "Person" means any individual, firm, public or private corporation, partnership, trust, public or private agency or any other entity, or any group of such persons or entities.
(k) "Premises" means any area used for residential, commercial or industrial purposes, separately or in combination, to which a separate street address, postal address, tax roll description or other similar identification has been assigned, or which is in use by a person having control of the area.
(l) "Recyclable materials" means commingled and/or pre-sorted materials that are designated by the City to be separated from solid waste prior to the collection of solid waste from a site of generation and that are delivered to the DRF. The term "recyclable materials" shall include, but not be limited to, newspaper, office paper, glass, tin, steel, corrugated cardboard, plastic and aluminum. A list of approved materials will be posted, from time to time, in City Hall and in other public access areas.
(m) "Recycling containers" means those containers approved for use by the City or the City's contractor for pick-up.
(n) "Rubbish" means the miscellaneous waste material resulting from housekeeping, ordinary mercantile enterprises, trades, manufacturers, offices and stores.
(o) "Site of generation" means any premises in the City in or on which solid waste and/or recyclable materials are generated by any person.
(p) "Solid waste" means waste which may be disposed of in a Type 2 sanitary landfill pursuant to Act 641 and any regulations, rules or policies promulgated thereunder.
(q) "Unacceptable waste" shall include, as a minimum:
(1) Hazardous waste; and
(2) Drums; barrels; containers; explosives, including, but not limited to, dynamite, hand grenades, blasting caps, shotgun shells and fireworks; gasoline; kerosene; turpentine; waste oil; ether; batteries; naphtha; acetone; solvents; paints; alcohol; hydraulic oil; petroleum; caustics; sewage or process wastewaters; leachate; sewage sludge; foundry sand; dusty-type material; flammable or volatile liquids; any other liquids; chemical liquid wastes, acids, paste or sludge; asbestos; infectious pathological, chemotherapeutic, biological and other medical waste; ashes of any kind, including, but not limited to, fly ash or incinerator ash; radioactive materials; human or animal remains; agricultural and farm machinery and equipment; batteries; tar; tree stumps or tree limbs over three inches in diameter; tires; vehicle bodies; and any other material determined, from time to time, in writing, to be unacceptable by the Director of Public Services.
(r) "Waste hauler" means any person engaged, in whole or in part, in the business of collecting, transporting, delivering or disposing of solid waste and recyclable materials generated within the City.
(s) "Yard waste" means fallen leaves, cut grass or other organic debris that may be composted.
(Ord. 530. Passed 5-19-93.)