§ 5.06. Landfill Uses.

Agency. Any controlling agency, public or private, elected, appointed or volunteer utilizing methods approved by the health department for the purpose of controlling and supervising the collection and/or disposal of solid wastes.

Ashes. The solid residue from burning of wood, coal, coke or other combustible material used for heating or from incineration of solid wasters, but excepting solid residue, the storage or disposition of which is controlled by other agencies.

Biomedical waste. Any pathological waste, biological waste cultures and stocks of infectious agents and associated biological matter, contaminated animal carcasses (body parts, their bedding and other wastes from such animals), sharps, chemotherapy waste, discarded medical equipment and parts, not including expendable supplies and materials which have not been decontaminated, as further defined by the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) and other federal, state, county and local authorities, as required by law.

Composting or compost plant. An officially controlled method or operation whereby putrescible solid wastes are broken down through microbic action to a material offering no hazard or nuisance factors to public health or well-being.

Disposal. The discharge, deposit, injection, dumping, spilling, leaking, or placing of any solid waste into or on any land or water so that solid waste or hazardous waste or any constituent thereof may enter the environment or be emitted into the air or discharged into any waters including ground waters.

Dump, open. Any officially recognized place, where accumulation of refuse or other discarded materials are disposed, buried or burned. Such a facility which does not meet the minimum requirements for a sanitary landfill.

Dump, unauthorized. Any collection of solid wastes either dumped or caused to be dumped or placed on any property either public or private, whether or not regularly used, and not under the control and supervision of any person or agency. An unauthorized dump shall also mean any solid waste disposal site which does not meet the regulatory provisions of this article.

Garbage. Putrescible animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food, including wastes from markets, storage facilities, handling and sale of produce and other food products. This does not include waste materials from garbage grinders.

Hazardous wastes. Those wastes defined in the Hazardous Waste Management Act of 1978, as amended (section 22-30-21 et seq.).

Incinerator. A device which burns garbage and rubbish at a temperature of 1,600°F or more. The non-combustible residue, including metal and glass, shall be disposed of in a landfill or other suitable place.

Landfill. A piece of land where solid wastes, such as tree limbs and stumps, demolition materials, incinerator residues and like materials not constituting a health or nuisance hazard, are discarded, where such discarded material need not be covered on a daily basis. All discarded material must be compacted and such compacted material must be covered with earth once a week or on some regular schedule agreeable to the City.

Landfill, sanitary. A piece of land where solid waste is deposited and is compacted and covered with earth each day. No on-site burning of wastes is permitted. A sanitary landfill shall be designed to handle adequate drainage and it shall not contribute to the pollution of any surface water, aquifer or other source as determined by the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM).

Rubbish. Any debris, litter, trash or other unwanted material that is rejected or discarded. Such may consist of paper, rags, wood, furniture, rubber, plastics, yard trimmings, glass, crockery, metal cans, metal furniture and like materials.

Solid wastes. All putrescible and nonputrescible discarded materials, except household sewage and livestock and poultry wastes, including, but not limited to, garbage, rubbish, ashes, refuse from streets and highways, dead animals, including offal, abandoned automobiles and such industrial wastes as are not controlled by other agencies.