[PART
II.]  NONDEGRADABLE SOLID WASTE



 



Cross References



 



  Integrated solid waste management, see chapter 342G.



  Solid waste pollution, see chapter 342H.



 



[§339-21]  Definitions.  As used in this
part, unless the context otherwise requires:



“Degradable” means all of the following:



(1)  Capable of achieving degradation by biological
processes, photodegradation, chemodegradation, or degradation by other natural
degrading processes;



(2)  Degradation at a rate that is equal to, or
greater than, the degradation by a process specified in paragraph (1) of other
commercially available plastic devices; and



(3)  Degradation which will not produce or result in a
residue or byproduct which, during or after such process of degrading, would be
a hazardous or extremely hazardous waste as specified in the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act.



“Director” means the director of health or the
director’s duly appointed agent. [L 1989, c 312, pt of §2]