NY Env Conserv L § 27-0501 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 27 - Collection, Treatment and Disposal of Refuse and Other Solid Waste Title 5 - State Aid for Implementation of Resource Recovery and Other Improved Solid Waste Management Systems 27-0501 - Definitions.

§ 27-0501. Definitions.1.  "Collection  system  development  program"  means  a comprehensive   review of existing solid waste collection practices and the  development   of  designs  for efficient and cost-effective systems for the systematic   collection of solid waste of one or more municipalities or  any  portion   thereof.2.  "Preparation  of  contract  documents"  means  the  preparation of   documents for entering into contracts for (a) the design,  construction,   operation,   financing,  ownership  or  maintenance  of  a  solid  waste   management  facility;  (b)  a  system  of  collection  and  disposal  of   municipal  solid  waste through resource recovery; and (c) the marketing   of materials and energy recovered from solid waste. Such  documents  may   include    detailed   construction   plans   and   specifications,   bid   advertisements, requests for proposals and reports evaluating  bids  and   proposals.3.  "Implementation  feasibility  project" means the investigation and   evaluation of any one or more of the following:  engineering,  economic,   environmental,  technological, administrative, institutional, social and   political  factors  affecting  the  acceptability  of  a   solid   waste   management  facility  or  system  of  which the facility is part for the   purpose of determining the feasibility  of  constructing  such  proposed   facility or establishing such system.4.  "Municipality"  means  a  village,  town,  city  or  county or any   designated agency thereof, or any two or more of the foregoing which are   acting jointly in connection with a solid waste management  facility,  a   solid  waste management district, or a public benefit corporation having   power granted otherwise than under this article  to  construct,  operate   and  maintain  a  solid  waste  management  facility, including a public   corporation created pursuant to agreement or compact with another state.5. "Recycling center" means a community-based facility where separated   solid waste can be stored, assembled and  prepared  for  sale  or  other   disposition.6.  "Resource  recovery" means the separation, extraction and recovery   of useable materials, energy or heat from  solid  waste  through  source   separation, recycling centers or other programs, projects or facilities.7.  "Solid  waste"  means  all  materials  or  substances discarded or   rejected as being spent, useless, worthless, or in excess to the  owners   at  the  time of such discard or rejection, including but not limited to   garbage, refuse, industrial and commercial waste, sludges  from  air  or   water pollution control facilities or water supply treatment facilities,   rubbish,   ashes,   contained  gaseous  material,  incinerator  residue,   demolition and construction debris and offal, but not  including  sewage   and other highly diluted water-carried materials or substances and those   in gaseous form.8.  "Solid  waste  management  facility"  means  any facility employed   beyond the initial solid waste collection  process,  including  but  not   limited to recycling centers, transfer stations, baling facilities, rail   haul  or  barge  haul facilities, processing systems, including resource   recovery facilities or other facilities for reducing solid waste volume,   sanitary landfills, plants and facilities for compacting, composting  or   pyrolization   of  solid  waste,  incinerators  and  other  solid  waste   disposal, reduction or conversion facilities.9. "Source separation" means the segregation of  recyclable  materials   from  the  solid  waste  stream  at the point of generation for separate   collection, sale or other disposition.10. "Secondary materials"  means  those  commodities  that  have  been   reclaimed  for  reuse and are used in place of a primary or raw material   in manufacturing a product.