[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]