§ 7-77. Definitions.

As used in this Article, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

Commercial Solid Waste Hauler

means any person, firm or corporation (other than incidental commercial user) whose business activity is collecting, picking up and/or transporting solid waste or recyclables.

Person

means any individual, corporation, company, partnership, joint venture, estate, trustee, society, association or any entity having the capacity to own real property or to produce, generate or originate solid waste or recyclables.

Recyclables

means any item designated by the State Department of Environmental Protection or the Town Council which can be separated or diverted from other solid waste as defined below under "recycle."

Recycle

means to separate or divert an item from the solid waste stream in order to process, cause to be processed or store for later processing into a material product, including the production of compost. Nothing in this definition shall preclude the use of waste oil as fuel in an oil burner or of scrap tires as fuel in an incinerator.

Recycling Coordinator

means the municipal agent designated by the Town Council to assist in the administration of this Article.

Refuse

means that part of the solid waste stream remaining after recyclables have been removed.

Solid Waste

means unwanted or discarded materials; an all-encompassing term including, but not limited to, garbage, demolition and construction debris, refuse, recyclables and materials from land clearing.

Town Council

means the Town Council of the Town of New Milford, Connecticut.

Town Solid Waste Facility

means the area or area designated by the Town Council for the handling of the town's solid waste. This facility may include a landfill, transfer station, recycling center or system for the handling, transportation or disposal of solid waste.

Ord. of 3-12-1991, § 9