For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
APPLICANT. A person desirous of being authorized as a collector.
COLLECTOR. A person authorized to collect, transport and dispose of municipal waste from the township.
COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENT. Any establishment engaged in a nonmanufacturing or nonprocessing business, including, but not limited to, stores, markets, office buildings, restaurants, shopping centers and theaters.
DISPOSAL. The incineration, deposition, injection, dumping, spilling, leaking or placing of municipal waste into or on the land or water in a manner that the waste or a constituent of the waste enters the environment, is emitted into the air, or is discharged to the waters of the commonwealth.
DISPOSAL SITE. Any site, facility, location, area or premises to be used for the disposal of municipal waste.
GARBAGE. All animal and vegetable wastes attending or resulting from the handling, dealing, storing, preparation, cooking and consumption of foods.
INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENT. Any establishment engaged in manufacturing or processing, including, but not limited to, factories, foundries, mills, processing plants, refineries and the like.
INSTITUTIONAL ESTABLISHMENT. Any establishment engaged in service to persons, including, but not limited to, hospitals, nursing homes, orphanages, schools and universities.
MANAGEMENT. The entire process, or any part thereof, of storage, collection, transportation, processing, treatment and disposal of municipal waste by any person engaging in such process.
MUNICIPAL WASTE. Any garbage, refuse, industrial lunchroom or office waste and other material including solid, liquid, semi-solid 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 from a municipal, commercial or institutional water supply treatment plant, wastewater treatment plant or air pollution control facility (Pennsylvania Solid Waste Management, Act 97, § 103, 35 P.S. §§ 6018.101 et seq.)
PERSON. Any individual, partnership, corporation, association, institution, cooperative enterprise, municipal authority, federal government or agency, state institution and agency, or any other legal entity whatsoever which is recognized by law as being subject to the rights and duties of a person.
PROCESSING. Any technology used for the purpose of reducing the volume or bulk of municipal waste or any technology used to convert part of all of such waste materials for off-site reuse. PROCESSING FACILITIES include, but are not limited to, transfer facilities, composting facilities, incinerators, recycling facilities and resource recovery facilities.
REFUSE. The collective term applying to all garbage, rubbish, ashes, leaves and grass trimmings from residential, municipal, commercial or institutional premises.
REGULAR. At least three or more times per month.
SOLID WASTE. Any waste, including, but not limited to, municipal, residual or hazardous wastes, including solid, liquid, semi-solid or contained gaseous materials (Pennsylvania Solid Waste Management, Act 97, § 103, 35 P.S. §§ 6018.101 et seq.)
STORAGE. The containment of any municipal waste on a temporary basis in such a manner as not to constitute disposal of such waste, and it shall be presumed that the containment of any municipal waste in excess of one year constitutes disposal.
TOWNSHIP. Upper Milford Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.
TRANSPORTATION. The off-site removal of any municipal waste generated or present at any time from the township.
(Ord. 36, passed 12-27-1985)