Colorado § 25-16.5-103 Definitions

Colorado Statutes

§ 25-16.5-103 — Definitions

Colorado § 25-16.5-103

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Art.Colorado Sustainability

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-16.5-103 (2026).

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As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1)Circular economy has the meaning set forth in section 25-17-601 (2).

(2)Colorado circular communities enterprise or enterprise means the Colorado circular communities enterprise created in section 25-16.5-109 (3).

(3)Department means the department of public health and environment.

(4)Federal act means the federal Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-know Act of 1986, 42 U.S.C. sec. 11001 et seq., Title III of the federal Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, Pub.L. 99-499.

(5)Hazardous substance means those chemicals defined as hazardous substances under section 313 of the federal Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA Title III), as amended, and sections 101 (14) an

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As used in this article, unless the context
otherwise requires:

(1) Circular economy has the meaning set forth in section 25-17-601 (2).

(2) Colorado circular communities enterprise or enterprise means the
Colorado circular communities enterprise created in section 25-16.5-109 (3).

(3) Department means the department of public health and environment.

(4) Federal act means the federal Emergency Planning and Community
Right-to-know Act of 1986, 42 U.S.C. sec. 11001 et seq., Title III of the federal
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, Pub.L. 99-499.

(5) Hazardous substance means those chemicals defined as hazardous
substances under section 313 of the federal Superfund Amendments and
Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA Title III), as amended, and sections 101 (14) and
102 of the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. sec. 9601 et seq., as amended.

(6) Local government means a statutory or home rule city, county, or city
and county.

(7) Organic materials has the meaning set forth in section 25-17-901 (5).

(8) School means:

(a) A school of a school district;

(b) A district charter school, as defined in section 22-11-103 (12);

(c) An institute charter school, as defined in section 22-30.5-502 (6);

(d) An approved facility school, as defined in section 22-2-402 (1); or

(e) A board of cooperative services, as defined in section 22-5-103 (2).

(9) State institution of higher education has the meaning set forth in
section 23-18-102 (10).

(10) Sustainability means nonregulatory activities that, for both current
and future generations, protect the environment, support local and state
economics, and promote public health.

(11) Waste diversion and aversion or waste diversion or aversion means
the sustainable design, production, distribution, consumption, recoverability, reuse,
waste prevention, repair, collection, and recycling of a variety of materials,
including construction and demolition materials, single-stream materials,
technology and electronic materials; food recovery; and the composting of raw and
reused materials, including organic materials.