This article shall be known as the "Solid Waste Collectors' Licensing
Ordinance."
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
COLLECTOR
Any person collecting or transporting municipal solid waste for monetary
or business purposes, including the municipality itself if it undertakes the
collection of municipal solid waste directly, and any business or institution
within the municipality which generates sufficient municipal solid waste to
require disposal directly by its own employees and equipment.
DISPOSAL
Transporting waste materials to an incinerator, sanitary landfill,
a resource recovery facility or other site and making final deposition.
MUNICIPAL WASTE
Except as modified by the current contract between the designated
disposal facility and Luzerne County, any garbage, refuse, industrial lunchroom
or office waste and other material resulting from operation of residential,
municipal, commercial or institutional establishments and from community activities
and any sludge not meeting the definition of residual or hazardous waste in
the Solid Waste Management Act from a municipal, commercial or institutional water supply treatment
plant, wastewater treatment plant or air pollution control facility. The term
does not include source-separated recyclable materials.
PERSON
Includes any natural person, association, partnership, firm or corporation.
It is the responsibility of the Borough of Harveys Lake to ensure that
all terms and conditions of this article, the Luzerne County Municipal Waste
Management Plan and the Luzerne County designated disposal facility contract
are complied with by the collectors.