Section 27-0701. Definitions

As used in this title:
    1.  "Solid  waste" means all putrescible and non-putrescible materials
  or substances discarded or rejected as being spent,  useless,  worthless
  or  in  excess  to  the owners at the time of such discard or rejection,
  except including but not limited  to  garbage,  refuse,  industrial  and
  commercial waste, sludges from air or water control facilities, rubbish,
  ashes,  contained  gaseous material, incinerator residue, demolition and
  construction debris, discarded automobiles and offal but  not  including
  sewage  and  other  highly diluted water carried materials or substances
  and those in gaseous form.
    2. "Solid waste  management  facility"  means  any  facility  employed
  beyond  the  initial  solid  waste collection process including, but not
  limited to, transfer stations, baling facilities,  rail  haul  or  barge
  haul   facilities,   processing  systems,  including  resource  recovery
  facilities or other facilities for reducing solid waste volume, sanitary
  landfills, facilities for the disposal of  construction  and  demolition
  debris, plants and facilities for compacting, composting or pyrolization
  of  solid wastes, incinerators and other solid waste disposal, reduction
  or conversion facilities.
    3. "Solid  waste  management"  means  the  purposeful  and  systematic
  transportation,  storage,  processing,  recovery  and  disposal of solid
  waste.
    4. "Resource recovery" means the separation, extraction  and  recovery
  of  useable  materials,  energy  or heat from solid waste through source
  separation, recycling centers or other programs, projects or facilities.