§ 6451 — Definitions

The following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this subchapter:

(1) “Organic yard waste” means plant material resulting from lawn maintenance and other horticultural gardening and landscaping activities and includes grass, leaves, prunings, brush, shrubs, garden material, Christmas trees and tree limbs up to 4 inches in diameter.

(2) “Recyclable material” means any material or group of materials that can be collected and sold or used for beneficial purposes or separated from the waste stream and disposed separately in an authorized manner to reduce environmental impacts.

(3) “Recycling” means the process by which solid waste and other discarded materials are transformed into usable materials or disposed separately in an authorized manner to reduce adverse environmental impacts.

(4) “Recycling center” means any solid waste management facility designed and operated by or on behalf of the Authority for the purpose of receiving recyclable materials. The construction and operation of recycling centers shall not require any municipal or state agency approval and no permit or license fee or any other form of assessment shall be made with respect to the construction and operation of recycling centers.

(5) “Source separation” or “source separated” means the process by which recyclable materials are segregated and kept apart from the waste stream by the generator thereof for the purpose of collection, disposition, recycling or resources recovery.

(6) “Waste reduction” means the efforts exercised by generators of useless discarded materials to avoid or minimize usage of such materials.

Legislative History

67 Del. Laws, c. 432, § 1 ; 77 Del. Laws, c. 275, § 2