§ 42-102. Definitions.

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this division, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

Biomedical waste means pathological waste, biological waste cultures and stocks of infectious agents and associated biologicals, contaminated animal carcasses (body parts, their bedding and other wastes from such animals), sharps, chemotherapy waste, discarded medical equipment and parts, not including expendable supplies and materials which have not been decontaminated, as further defined in rule 391-3-4-.15 of the state board of natural resources, and other such waste materials.

Commercial solid waste means all types of solid waste generated by stores, offices, restaurants, warehouses and other nonmanufacturing activities, excluding residential and industrial wastes.

Industrial solid waste means solid waste generated by manufacturing or industrial processes or operations that is not a hazardous waste regulated under O.C.G.A. § 12-8-60 et seq., the Georgia Hazardous Waste Management Act. Such waste includes, but is not limited to, waste resulting from the following manufacturing processes: electric power generation; fertilizer and agricultural chemicals; food and related products and byproducts; inorganic chemicals; iron and steel products; leather and leather products; nonferrous metal and foundry products; organic chemicals; plastics and resins; pulp and paper; rubber and miscellaneous plastic products; stone, glass, clay and concrete products; textiles; transportation equipment; and water treatment. This term does not include mining waste or oil and gas waste.

Municipal solid waste means any solid waste derived from households, including garbage, trash and sanitary waste in septic tanks and means solid waste from single-family and multifamily residences, hotels and motels, bunkhouses, campgrounds, picnic grounds and day use recreation areas. The term includes yard trimmings and commercial solid waste but does not include solid waste from mining, agricultural or silvicultural operations or industrial processes or operations.

Municipal solid waste handling facility means any facility the primary purpose of which is the storage, collection, transportation, treatment, utilization, processing or disposal, or any combination thereof, of municipal solid waste.

Solid waste means any garbage or refuse; sludge from a wastewater treatment plant, water supply treatment plant, or air pollution control facility; commercial solid waste, including biomedical waste; industrial solid waste; municipal solid waste, including commercial solid waste; other discarded material including solid, semisolid or contained gaseous material resulting from industrial, commercial, mining and agricultural operations and community activities, but not including recovered materials; solid or dissolved material in domestic sewage; solid or dissolved material in irrigation return flows or industrial discharges that are point sources subject to permit under 33 USC 1342; or source, special nuclear or byproduct material as defined by the Federal Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (68 Stat. 923).

Solid waste management plan for the county means that solid waste management plan approved by the state department of community affairs and adopted by the board of commissioners pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 12-8-31.1 and any amendments thereto.

(Ord. of 6-14-1994(2), § 2)

Cross reference

Definitions generally, § 1-2.