(A) For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ACT 90. The Pennsylvania Waste Transportation Safety Act of 2002 (P.L. 596, No. 90, June 29, 2002), 27 Pa.C.S.A. §§ 6201 et seq.
ACT 97. The Pennsylvania Solid Waste Management Act of 1980 (P.L. 380, No. 97, July 7, 1980), 35 P.S. §§ 6018.101 et seq.
ACT 101. The Pennsylvania Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction Act of 1988 (Act 1988-101, July 28, 1988), 53 P.S. §§ 4000.101 et seq.
COLLECTOR or WASTE HAULER. Any person, firm, partnership, corporation or public agency who is engaged in the collection and/or transportation of municipal waste and/or source-separated recyclable materials.
COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENT. Any establishment engaged in a nonmanufacturing or nonprocessing business, including, but not limited to, stores, markets, offices, restaurants, shopping centers and theaters.
COUNTY. The County of Bucks, Pennsylvania.
DISPOSAL. The deposition, injection, dumping, spilling, leaking or placing of solid waste into or on the land or water in a manner that the solid waste or a constituent of the solid waste enters the environment, is emitted into the air or is discharged to the waters of this Commonwealth. Disposal facilities include, but are not limited to, municipal waste landfills and construction/demolition waste landfills as defined by Act 101 being 53 P.S. §§ 4000.101 et seq., Act 97, being 35 P.S. §§ 6018.101 et seq., and/or PADEP rules and regulations (25 Pa.Code Chapter 271).
INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENT. Any establishment engaged in manufacturing or production activities, including, but not limited to, factories, foundries, mills, processing plants, refineries, mines and slaughterhouses.
INSTITUTIONAL ESTABLISHMENT. Any establishment or facility engaged in services, including, but not limited to, hospitals, nursing homes, schools and universities.
LEAF WASTE. Leaves, garden residues, shrubbery and tree trimmings, and similar materials, but not including grass clippings.
LICENSED COLLECTOR or LICENSED WASTE HAULER. A person who has written authorization from the PADEP under Act 90, being 27 Pa.C.S.A. §§ 6201 et seq. to collect, haul, transport and dispose of municipal waste.
MUNICIPAL WASTE. Any garbage, refuse, industrial lunchroom or office waste and other material including solid, liquid, semisolid or contained gaseous material, resulting from operation of residential, municipal, commercial or institutional establishments and from community activities, and any sludge not meeting the definition of residual or hazardous waste under Act 97, being 35 P.S. §§ 6018.101 et seq. from a municipal, commercial or institutional water supply treatment plant, wastewater treatment plant, or air pollution control facility. The term does not include any source-separated recyclable materials.
MUNICIPALITY. Any of the 54 minor civil divisions in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
PADEP. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
PERSON. Any individual, partnership, corporation, association, institution, cooperative enterprise, municipality, municipal authority, federal government or agency, state institution or agency, or any other legal entity recognized by law as the subject of rights and duties. In any provisions of this chapter prescribing a fine, imprisonment or penalty or any combination of the foregoing, the term PERSON shall include the officers and directors of any corporation or other legal entity having officers and directors.
PROCESSING. Any technology used for the purpose of reducing the volume or bulk of municipal or residual waste or any technology used to convert part or all of such materials for off-site reuse. Processing facilities include, but are not limited to, transfer facilities, recycling facilities, composting facilities and resource recovery facilities.
RECYCLING. The collection, separation, recovery and sale or reuse of metals, glass, paper, leaf waste, plastics and other materials which would otherwise be disposed or processed as municipal waste or the mechanized separation and treatment of municipal waste (other than through combustion) and creation and recovery of reusable materials other than a fuel for the generation of energy.
SCAVENGING. The unauthorized and uncontrolled removal of any material stored or placed at a point for subsequent collection or from a processing or disposal facility.
SOURCE-SEPARATED RECYCLABLE MATERIALS. Materials, including leaf waste, that are separated from municipal waste at the point of origin or generation for the purpose of recycling.
TRANSPORTATION. The off-site removal of any municipal waste at any time after generation.
(B) For the purpose of this chapter, the singular shall include the plural and the masculine shall include the feminine and neuter.
(Ord. 93, passed 12-30-1991; Ord. 139, passed 9-11-2007)