Section 250-RICR-140-20-1.5 - DefinitionsA. For the purposes of these regulations, except as provided below, the general definitions and abbreviations set forth in R.I. Gen. Laws §§ 23-18.9-7 and 23-19-5 shall apply to these regulations.1. "Agency" means any commission, board, Department, public or quasi public corporation (including, but not limited to, the Rhode Island Port Authority, Rhode Island Public Transit Authority, Rhode Island Public Buildings Authority, Rhode Island Public Communications Authority, Rhode Island Higher Education Authority, and Rhode Island Bridge and Turnpike Authority) either public or private and including state, county, and municipal government.2. "Commercial solid waste" means all solid waste except: hazardous waste, as defined in R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 23-19.1; municipal solid waste and non-municipal residential waste, as defined in these regulations.3. "Corporation" means the Rhode Island Solid Waste Management Corporation.4. "Corrugated cardboard" means corrugated containers, substantially clean and dry, empty and free of wood, plastic, polystyrene and other packing materials. Wax coated and /or wire reinforced corrugated is excluded from this definition.5. "Department" means the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management.6. "Disposal" means the abandonment, discard or final disposition of waste.7. "Materials Recovery Facility" or "MRF" or "Intermediate Processing Facility" or "IPF" means a facility consisting of structures, machinery, or devices utilized to sort, bale, or otherwise process source segregated recyclables prior to conveyance to market outlets.8. "Multi-unit housing" means any housing which the governing body of that municipality has designated as a multi-unit dwelling, and which generates non-municipal residential solid waste.9. "Municipal solid waste" means that solid waste generated by the residents of a municipality in the course of their daily living, the disposal of which the governing body of the municipality has undertaken in the discharge of its duties to protect the health of the municipality. Municipal solid waste does not include solid waste generated by residents of a municipality in the course of their employment or that generated by any manufacturing or commercial enterprise.10. "Non-municipal residential solid waste" means solid waste generated by the residents of a municipality in the course of their daily living for which the governing body of that municipality does not accept responsibility for disposal. Non-municipal residential solid waste does not include solid waste generated by residents of a municipality in the course of their employment or that generated by any manufacturing or commercial enterprise.11. "Office paper" means a paper suitable for pen and ink, pencil, typewriter, or printing, which have a similar fiber and filler content, and which are free of treated, coated, padded and heavily printed paper, carbon paper and non-paper materials.12. "Person" means any individual, firm, institution, school, government or quasi-government agency, partnership, association or corporation; public or private; organized or existing under the laws of the state or other states including federal corporations.13. "Segregated" means keeping recyclables separate from commercial solid waste, beginning at the point of generation, through the use of containers, dumpsters, bags, or other receptacles which provide a barrier between recyclables and solid waste and maintain marketability before delivery to a solid waste management facility, intermediate processing facility, or a materials recovery facility.14. "Solid waste management facility" means any plant, structure, equipment, real and personal property, except mobile equipment or incinerators with a capacity of less than 1,000 pounds per hour, owned or operated for the purpose of processing, treating, or disposing of solid waste, but not segregated solid waste.15. "Telephone directory" means a soft-cover listing of telephone numbers and addresses by telephone listing territories commonly listed alphabetically or by occupation and distributed to households and businesses in behalf of telecommunications utilities or private advertisers.16. "Used lubricating oil" means a petroleum based oil which, after sale to a consumer, through use, storage or handling has become unsuitable for its original purpose.17. "White goods" means large, predominantly metal appliances such as, but not limited to, refrigerators, ovens, and laundry washing and drying machines.18. "Wood waste" means lumber, pallets, crates, plywood, and particle board, substantially free of contaminants. Contaminants include: lead paint, banding, bolts over 1/4 inch diameter, shingles, pipe, formica, plastics, and preservatives. Construction or demolition debris that cannot be readily separated is excluded from this definition.250 R.I. Code R. 250-RICR-140-20-1.5