[PART I. GENERAL PROVISIONS]

 

Revision Note

 

  Sections 339-1 to 11 designated as part I.

 

§339-1  Definitions.  As used in thischapter:

“Beverage” means beer or other malt beverages,mineral waters, fruit juices, ades, and other similar noncarbonated drinks,soda water, and flavored carbonated drinks, in liquid form and intended forhuman consumption.

“Beverage container” means the individual,separate, sealed glass, metal or plastic bottle or can, containing a beverage.

“Department” means the department of health.

“Director” means the director of the departmentof health.

“Litter” means rubbish, refuse, waste material,garbage, trash, offal, or any debris of whatever kind or description, whetheror not it is of value, and includes improperly discarded paper, metal, plastic,glass, or solid waste.

“Litter bag” means a bag, sack, or othercontainer which is large enough to serve as a receptacle for litter.

“Littering” means placing, throwing, ordropping litter on public or private property or in any public or privatewaters, except:

(1)  In a place which is designated by the departmentor the county for the disposal of garbage and refuse;

(2)  Into a litter receptacle; or

(3)  Into a litter bag, provided that the bag isdisposed of properly into a litter receptacle or in a place designated by thedepartment or the county for disposal of garbage and refuse.

“Litter receptacle” means any containerapproved by the director and made available for the depositing of wastes.

“Public place” means any area that is used orheld out for use by the public whether owned or operated by public or privateinterests.

“Recycle” means to extract from the wastecollection items for which a market exists and delivering such items to a pointwhere they are converted to a material for later manufacture or reprocessing.

“Watercraft” means any boat, ship, vessel, orother floating craft which is berthed in or sails upon the territorial watersof Hawaii.

“Waters of the State” means any stream, river,ocean, canal, harbor, bay, or the like located within the territorial limits ofthe State. [L Sp 1977 1st, c 2, pt of §2; am L 1979, c 60, §2; am L 1991, c157, §9]