§ 20.56.060. Solid waste or wastes.  


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  • "Solid waste" or "wastes" means all putrescible and nonputrescible solid, semisolid and liquid wastes, such as trash, refuse, garbage, rubbish, paper, ashes, industrial wastes, demolition and construction wastes, abandoned vehicles and parts thereof, discarded home and industrial appliances, manure, vegetable or animal solid and semisolid wastes, and other discarded solid, semisolid, and liquid wastes. "Solid waste" includes dewatered, treated, or chemically fixed sewage sludge which is not hazardous waste. "Solid waste" does not include any of the following:

    A.

    Liquid sewage collected and treated in a municipal or regional sewerage system;

    B.

    Materials or substances that are salvaged for reuse, recycling or resale and that are not disposed;

    C.

    Hazardous waste as defined in Section 40141 of the Public Resources Code;

    D.

    Radioactive waste regulated pursuant to the Radiation Control Law, Section 114960 et seq. of the Health and Safety Code; or

    E.

    Medical waste that is regulated pursuant to the Medical Waste Management Act, Section 117600 et seq., of the Health and Safety Code, and that is not deemed to be solid waste pursuant to Section 40191(b)(3) of the Public Resources Code.

(Ord. 2008-0056 § 3, 2008: Ord. 11886 Art. 3 § 306, 1979.)