Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 140 - Waste and Materials Management › Subchapter 20 - Recycling and Special Waste › Part 1 - Rules and Regulations for Reduction and Recycling of Commercial and Non-Municipal Residential Solid Waste (250-RICR-140-20-1) › Section 250-RICR-140-20-1.5 - Definitions

Current through June 14, 2024
A. For the purposes of these regulations,
				  except as provided below, the general definitions and abbreviations set forth
				  in R.I. Gen. Laws §§
										23-18.9-7 and
				  23-19-5 shall apply to these
				  regulations.
1. "Agency" means any commission,
				  board, Department, public or quasi public corporation (including, but not
				  limited to, the Rhode Island Port Authority, Rhode Island Public Transit
				  Authority, Rhode Island Public Buildings Authority, Rhode Island Public
				  Communications Authority, Rhode Island Higher Education Authority, and Rhode
				  Island Bridge and Turnpike Authority) either public or private and including
				  state, county, and municipal government.
2. "Commercial solid waste" means all solid
				  waste except: hazardous waste, as defined in R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 23-19.1;
				  municipal solid waste and non-municipal residential waste, as defined in these
				  regulations.
3. "Corporation" means
				  the Rhode Island Solid Waste Management Corporation.
4. "Corrugated cardboard" means corrugated
				  containers, substantially clean and dry, empty and free of wood, plastic,
				  polystyrene and other packing materials. Wax coated and /or wire reinforced
				  corrugated is excluded from this definition.
5. "Department" means the Rhode Island
				  Department of Environmental Management.
6. "Disposal" means the abandonment, discard
				  or final disposition of waste.
7.
				  "Materials Recovery Facility" or "MRF" or "Intermediate Processing Facility" or
				  "IPF" means a facility consisting of structures, machinery, or devices utilized
				  to sort, bale, or otherwise process source segregated recyclables prior to
				  conveyance to market outlets.
8.
				  "Multi-unit housing" means any housing which the governing body of that
				  municipality has designated as a multi-unit dwelling, and which generates
				  non-municipal residential solid waste.
9. "Municipal solid waste" means that solid
				  waste generated by the residents of a municipality in the course of their daily
				  living, the disposal of which the governing body of the municipality has
				  undertaken in the discharge of its duties to protect the health of the
				  municipality. Municipal solid waste does not include solid waste generated by
				  residents of a municipality in the course of their employment or that generated
				  by any manufacturing or commercial enterprise.
10. "Non-municipal residential solid waste"
				  means solid waste generated by the residents of a municipality in the course of
				  their daily living for which the governing body of that municipality does not
				  accept responsibility for disposal. Non-municipal residential solid waste does
				  not include solid waste generated by residents of a municipality in the course
				  of their employment or that generated by any manufacturing or commercial
				  enterprise.
11. "Office paper"
				  means a paper suitable for pen and ink, pencil, typewriter, or printing, which
				  have a similar fiber and filler content, and which are free of treated, coated,
				  padded and heavily printed paper, carbon paper and non-paper
				  materials.
12. "Person" means any
				  individual, firm, institution, school, government or quasi-government agency,
				  partnership, association or corporation; public or private; organized or
				  existing under the laws of the state or other states including federal
				  corporations.
13. "Segregated"
				  means keeping recyclables separate from commercial solid waste, beginning at
				  the point of generation, through the use of containers, dumpsters, bags, or
				  other receptacles which provide a barrier between recyclables and solid waste
				  and maintain marketability before delivery to a solid waste management
				  facility, intermediate processing facility, or a materials recovery
				  facility.
14. "Solid waste
				  management facility" means any plant, structure, equipment, real and personal
				  property, except mobile equipment or incinerators with a capacity of less than
				  1,000 pounds per hour, owned or operated for the purpose of processing,
				  treating, or disposing of solid waste, but not segregated solid
				  waste.
15. "Telephone directory"
				  means a soft-cover listing of telephone numbers and addresses by telephone
				  listing territories commonly listed alphabetically or by occupation and
				  distributed to households and businesses in behalf of telecommunications
				  utilities or private advertisers.
16. "Used lubricating oil" means a petroleum
				  based oil which, after sale to a consumer, through use, storage or handling has
				  become unsuitable for its original purpose.
17. "White goods" means large, predominantly
				  metal appliances such as, but not limited to, refrigerators, ovens, and laundry
				  washing and drying machines.
18.
				  "Wood waste" means lumber, pallets, crates, plywood, and particle board,
				  substantially free of contaminants. Contaminants include: lead paint, banding,
				  bolts over 1/4 inch diameter, shingles, pipe, formica, plastics, and
				  preservatives. Construction or demolition debris that cannot be readily
				  separated is excluded from this definition.