12-2101.   Refuse defined.Refuse, for the purposes of this act, shall include garbage and trash,and garbage and trash are defined as follows:

      1.   "Garbage": Wastes from the preparation, cooking, and consumption offood; market refuses, waste from the handling, storage, and sale ofproduce.

      2.   "Trash": (a) Combustible: Paper, cartons, boxes, barrels, wood andexcelsior, tree branches, yard trimmings, wood furniture, bedding. (b)Noncombustible: Metals, tin cans, metal furniture, dirt, small quantitiesof rock and pieces of concrete, glass, crockery, other mineral refuse. (c)Ashes: Residue from fires used for cooking and for heating buildings. (d)Street rubbish: Street sweepings, dirt, leaves, catch-basin dirt, contentsof litter receptacles. (e) Dead animals: Provided, Trash shall notinclude: Earth and wastes from building operations, solid wastes resultingfrom industrial processes and manufacturing operations, such as:Food-processing wastes, boilerhouse cinders, lumber, scraps and shavings:Provided, The governing body of a city may by ordinance limit orextend these definitions and may give interpretations to words or phrases.

      History:   L. 1947, ch. 128, § 1; June 30.