§ 54-61. Definitions.

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

Commercial solid waste means all types of solid waste generated by stores, offices, restaurants, warehouses, and other non-manufacturing activities, excluding residential and industrial wastes. (O.C.G.A. § 12-9-22(4.1).)

Disposal facility means any facility or location where the final disposition of solid waste occurs and includes but is not limited to land filling and solid waste thermal treatment technology facilities. (O.C.G.A. § 12-8-22(8).)

Industrial solid waste means solid waste generated by manufacturing or industrial processes or operations that is not a hazardous waste regulated under Part 1 of Article 3 of O.C.G.A. Title 12, Chapter 8, 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 by-products; 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. (O.C.G.A. § 12-8-22(12.1).)

Inert waste means wastes that will not or are not likely to cause production of leachate of environmental concern. Such wastes are limited to earth and earth-like products, concrete, cured asphalt, rock, bricks, yard trimmings, stumps, limbs, and leaves. This definition excludes industrial and demolition waste not specifically listed herein. Section 391-3-4-.06 of the Georgia Rules for Solid Waste Management.

Litter means discarded materials of every kind as referenced in O.C.G.A. § 16-7-42(1).

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 multi-family 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. (O.C.G.A. § 12-8-22(18).)

Open dump means a disposal facility at which solid waste from one or more sources is left to decompose, burn or to otherwise create a threat to human health or the environment as referenced in Section 391-3-4-.01(44) of the Georgia Rules for Solid Waste Management.

Public or private property means the right-of-way of any road or highway; any body of water or watercourse or the shores or beaches thereof; any park; playground, building, refuge, or conservation or recreation area; and residential or farm properties, timberlands, or forests in accordance with O.C.G.A. § 16-7-42(2).

Recovered materials means those materials which have known use, reuse, or recycling potential and have been diverted or removed from the solid waste stream for sale, use, reuse or recycling as referenced in O.C.G.A. § 12-8-22(25).

Recovered materials processing facility means a facility engaged solely in the storage, processing, and resale or reuse of recovered materials as referenced in O.C.G.A. § 12-8-22(26).

Scrap tire means a tire that is no longer suitable for its original intended purpose because of wear, damage, or defect as referenced in O.C.G.A. § 12-8-22(31).

Scrap tire generator means any person who generates scrap tires as defined in section 391-3-4-19(2.i) of the Georgia Rules of Solid Waste Management. Scrap tire generators may include, but are not limited to, retail tire dealers, retreaders, scrap tire processors, automobile dealers, private company vehicle maintenance shops, garages, service stations, and city, county and state governments.

Scrap tire carrier means any person engaged in picking up or transporting scrap tires not otherwise exempted under section 391-3-4-.19(5.g) for the purpose of removal to a scrap tire processor, end user, or disposal facility as referenced in O.C.G.A. § 12-8-22(3.2).

Tire retailer means any person engaged in the business of selling new replacement tires as referenced in O.C.G.A. § 12-8-22(39).

Landfill means any disposal facility where any amount of waste (of any variety) is disposed of, and includes "disposal facilities" as defined above.

Recycling center means any facility designed to collect recovered materials or recyclable materials such as glass, newspaper, cardboard, metal, and so forth, but which is not designed for the processing, reuse, or disposal of such material.

Waste collection center means any facility designed to collect waste in connection with repacking, shipping and so forth, but which is not designed for the processing or disposal of such waste.

(Ord. of 8-16-2004, § I)