Code of Maine Rules › 06 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 096 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - GENERAL › Chapter 100 - DEFINITIONS REGULATION › Section 096-100-178 - Waste

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
"Waste" means unwanted or discarded materials of any kind and
				  source, which constitute a solid waste and not a fuel for purposes of 40 C. F.
				  R. Part 60, Subpart CCCC and 40 C. F. R. Part 63, Subpart DDDDD, and which
				  shall be classified as follows:
A. 
				Type 0 - Trash, a mixture of highly combustible waste such as paper, cardboard
				cartons, wood boxes and combustible floor sweepings, from commercial and
				industrial activities. The mixtures contain up to ten (10)% by weight of
				plastic bags, coated paper, laminated paper, treated corrugated cardboard, oily
				rags and plastic or rubber scraps. This type of waste contains about ten (10)%
				moisture and five (5)% incombustible solids and has a heating value of
				approximately 8500 British thermal units (BTU) per pound as fired;
B.  Type 1 - Rubbish, mixture of combustible
				waste such as paper, cardboard cartons, wood scrap, foliage and combustible
				floor sweepings, from domestic, commercial and industrial activities. The
				mixture contains up to twenty (20)% by weight of restaurant or cafeteria waste,
				but contains little or no treated papers, plastic or rubber wastes. This type
				of waste contains about 25% moisture and 10% incombustible solids and has a
				heating value of approximately 6500 BTU per pound as fired;
C.  Type 2 - Refuse, consisting of an
				approximately even mixture of rubbish and garbage by weight. This type of waste
				is common to apartment and residential occupancy, consisting of up to fifty
				(50)% moisture, seven (7)% incombustible solids, and a heating value of
				approximately 4300 BTU per pound as fired;
D.
				 Type 3 - Garbage, consisting of animal and vegetable wastes from
				restaurants, cafeterias, hotels, hospitals, markets and like installations.
				This type of waste contains up to seventy (70)% moisture, and up to five (5)%
				incombustible solids and has a heating value of approximately 2500 BTU per
				pound as fired;
E.  Type 4 - Human
				remains, consisting of bodies, organs, and solid organic wastes or animal
				remains consisting of carcasses with incidental plastic wrap, organs and solid
				organic wastes from funeral homes, hospitals, laboratories, abattoirs, animal
				pounds, and similar sources, consisting of up to 85% moisture, five (5)%
				incombustible solids and having a heating value of approximately 1000 BTU per
				pound as fired;
F.  Type 5 -
				By-product waste, gaseous, liquid or semi-liquid such as tar, paints, solvents,
				sludge, fumes, etc. BTU values must be determined by the individual materials
				to be destroyed;
G.  Type 6 - Solid
				by-product waste, such as rubber, plastics, contaminated wood waste, etc. BTU
				values must be determined by the individual materials to be destroyed;
				and
H.  Type 7 - Infectious Waste -
				Commonly referred to as red bag waste, this includes surgical, obstetrical,
				biological, isolation, blood and blood product, renal dialysis, serums and
				vaccines, laboratory, and "sharps" (potentially infectious articles that may
				cause punctures or cuts, including intravenous tubes with needles attached)
				waste. Also included are animal carcasses and body parts, bedding and other
				wastes from animals re-exposed to pathogens and human tissues and anatomical
				parts which emanate from surgery, surgical procedures, autopsy, and laboratory.
				This term shall not include radiologically contaminated materials.
NOTE: This definition will be modified to conform to that
				  contained within regulations promulgated by the Department's Bureau of
				  Remediation and Waste Management.