Kansas § 12-2101 Refuse defined

Kansas Statutes

§ 12-2101 — Refuse defined

Kansas § 12-2101

Ch. 12CITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES

Art. 21REFUSE COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL

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Kan. Stat. Ann. § 12-2101 (2026).

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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 of food; market refuses, waste from the handling, storage, and sale of produce. 2. "Trash":

(a)Combustible: Paper, cartons, boxes, barrels, wood and excelsior, tree branches, yard trimmings, wood furniture, bedding.

(b)Noncombustible: Metals, tin cans, metal furniture, dirt, small quantities of 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, contents of litter receptacles.

(e)Dead animals: Provided, Trash shall not include: Earth and wastes fro

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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 of food; market refuses, waste from the handling, storage, and sale of produce.
2. "Trash": (a) Combustible: Paper, cartons, boxes, barrels, wood and excelsior, tree branches, yard trimmings, wood furniture, bedding. (b) Noncombustible: Metals, tin cans, metal furniture, dirt, small quantities of 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, contents of litter receptacles. (e) Dead animals: Provided, Trash shall not include: Earth and wastes from building operations, solid wastes resulting from 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 or extend these definitions and may give interpretations to words or phrases.