§ 601-1. Definitions.

As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section unless otherwise indicated clearly by text.

Containerized collection means all mechanized collection of solid waste from dumpsters by front-loading, rear-loading and roll-off vehicles.

Division of construction and business services means the division of construction and business services of the department of business and neighborhood services.

Dumpster means a receptacle used to contain solid waste and designed for mechanical pickup and provided by a hauler for use by the customer.

Garbage means all putrescible animal solid, vegetable solid and semi-solid wastes resulting from the processing, handling, preparation, cooking, serving or consumption of food or food materials, excluding human excreta.

Incinerator means any apparatus to burn waste substances in which all the factors of combustion—temperature, retention time, turbulence and combustion air—can be controlled.

Landfill means a sanitary landfill.

Multifamily residence means a structure containing five (5) or more residential units, and does not include condominiums.

Noncommercial vehicle means a vehicle used for the purpose of transporting solid waste including, but not limited to, pickup trucks, cars, vans, dump trucks and U-hauls and shall not mean rear-loaders, front-loaders, roll-off trucks, roll-off containers or side-loaders.

Processing means the method, system or other treatment of solid wastes so as to change their chemical or physical form or affect it for disposal or recovery of material, but excluding vehicles for transportation or landfills.

Recycling station means a facility for the processing or storage of separated solid wastes prior to transportation to markets.

Refuse means all putrescible and nonputrescible solid and semi-solid wastes, except human excreta, but including ashes, street cleanings, offal and solid commercial, industrial and institutional wastes.

Residential solid waste means all refuse, garbage and rubbish generated by persons in noncommercial settings, and may include food wastes, paper, cardboard, bottles, metal cans, plastics, cloth, wood, tarp, Christmas trees, accumulations of leaves, grass or shrubbery cuttings and other refuse attending the care of lawns, shrubbery, vines, trees, and tree limbs. Residential solid waste shall not include discarded building materials, trees, brush and other vegetation resulting from the activities of building contractors, commercial tree trimmers or commercial lawn services, larger quantities of sod, dirt and trash from land clearing and other materials requiring special handling.

Resource Recovery means the buildings and equipment located at 2320 South Harding Street, Indianapolis, Indiana.

Rubbish means all nonputrescible solid wastes, such as cardboard, paper, plastic, metal or glass food containers, rags, waste metal, yard clippings, small pieces of wood, excelsior, rubbish, leather, crockery, and other waste materials that ordinarily accumulate around a home, business or industry.

Salvaging means the controlled removal of materials from solid wastes for utilization.

Sanitary landfill means an engineering method of disposing of refuse on land in a manner that protects the public health and environment by spreading the waste in thin layers, compacting it to the smallest practical volume, and covering it with compacted soil at the end of each working day.

Single-family residence means a condominium or a structure containing four (4) or less residential units, unless it is a component of multiple structures that together constitute an apartment complex.

Solid waste means all rubbish, garbage and refuse.

(Code 1975, § 13-1; G.O. 63, 2009, § 53; G.O. 41, 2016, § 2)

Cross reference

Definitions generally, ch. 102.