Municipal waste definition

Municipal waste means solid waste that includes garbage; refuse; and trash generated by households, motels, hotels, recreation facilities, public and private facilities; and commercial, wholesale, private, and retail businesses. The term does not include special waste or industrial waste.
Municipal waste means waste from households, as well as other waste which, because of its nature or composition, is similar to waste from household;
Municipal waste means any garbage, refuse, industrial lunchroom or office waste, and other material including solid, liquid, semisolid, or contained gaseous material resulting from operation or residential, municipal, commercial, or institutional establishments or from community activities and which are not classified as residual waste or hazardous waste as herein defined. The term does not include source separated recyclable materials or yard waste.

Examples of Municipal waste in a sentence

  • Municipal waste is a product aggregate equal to the sum of renewable municipal waste and non-renewable municipal waste.

  • Therefore, this analysis calculates the landfilling rate based on the current Eurostat dataset Municipal waste by waste management operations [env_wasmun]; by dividing the amount of landfilled waste by the total amount of waste generated.

  • Municipal waste from the West Midlands conurbation, Warwickshire and Worcestershire is also imported to Staffordshire for disposal in landfill sites.

  • Municipal waste and sewage may contain disease-causing organisms that may be dispersed in water or air.

  • Municipal waste management, which represents a big challenge for the area, is directly affected by population growth and concentration, urbanization and tourism.


More Definitions of Municipal waste

Municipal waste means waste from households, and waste produced in trade, provision of services or elsewhere which because of its composition or properties is similar to waste from households.
Municipal waste means the waste materials generated from communities within a specific locality;
Municipal waste means waterborne liquid, gaseous, or solid substances that result from any discharge from a publicly owned sewer system, treatment facility, or disposal system.
Municipal waste means municipal waste as defined in the Clean Air Act, Section 129(g)(5).
Municipal waste means Waste which by virtue of Legislation a local authority has a statutory duty to collect or power to collect (and in fact collects), including (without limitation) Household Waste, Industrial Waste, fly tips and street cleansing arisings but excluding Commercial Waste unless the Parties agree otherwise;
Municipal waste means solid waste that includes garbage, refuse, and trash
Municipal waste means any garbage, refuse, industrial, lunchroom or office waste, and other material including solid, liquid, semisolid, or contained gaseous material resulting from operation or residential, municipal, commercial, or institutional establishments or from community activities and which is not classified as residual waste or hazardous waste as defined herein. (13008 §1 11/7/90; 1322 2 §1 10/20/93; 13344 §1 8/3/95; 14262 §1 3/3/05; 15005 §1 7/18/12)