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<br />Industrial solid waste means solid waste generated by industrial processes and
<br />manufacturing.
<br />Inert debris means solid waste which consists solely of material that is virtually inert and
<br />that is likely to retain its physical and chemical structure under expected conditions of
<br />disposal.
<br />Institutional solid waste means solid waste generated by educational, health care,
<br />correctional and other institutional facilities.
<br />Land-clearing debris means solid waste that is generated solely from land-clearing
<br />activities.
<br />Lan ft ii means a di$p0$ai i.Ciiiiy or pall of a Ul isposal 1Qe1 1 where waste 1J placed in or
<br />on land and which is not a land treatment facility, a surface impoundment, an injection
<br />well, a hazardous waste long-term storage facility or a surface storage facility.
<br />Litter means any garbage, rubbish, trash, refuse, can, bottle, box, container, wrapper,
<br />paper, paper product, tire, appliance, mechanical equipment or part, building or
<br />constriction material, tool, machinery, wood, motor vehicle or motor vehicle part, vessel,
<br />aircraft, farm machinery or equipment, sludge from a waste treatment facility, water
<br />supply treatment plant, or air pollution control facility, dead animal, or discarded material
<br />in any form resulting from domestic, industrial, commercial, mining, agricultural, or
<br />® governmental operations. While being used for or distributed in accordance with their
<br />intended uses, "litter" does not include political pamphlets, handbills, religious tracts,
<br />newspapers, and other similar printed materials the unsolicited distribution of which is
<br />protected by the Constitution of the United States or the Constitution of North Carolina.
<br />Medical Waste means any solid waste which is generated in the diagnosis, treatment, or
<br />immunization of human beings or animals, in research pertaining thereto, or in the
<br />production or testing of biologicals, but does not include any hazardous waste,
<br />radioactive waste, household waste as defined in 40 Code of Federal Regulations
<br />261.4(b)(1) in effect on l July 1989, or those substances excluded from the definition of
<br />"solid waste" in this article.
<br />Municipal solid waste means any solid waste resulting from the operation of residential,
<br />commercial, industrial, governmental, or institutional establishments that would normally
<br />be collected, processed, and disposed of through a public or private solid waste
<br />management service. Municipal solid waste does not include hazardous waste, sludge,
<br />industrial waste managed in a solid waste management facility owned and operated by
<br />the generator of the industrial waste for management of that waste, or solid waste from
<br />mining or agricultural operations.
<br />Municipal solid waste management facility means any publicly or privately owned solid
<br />waste management facility permitted by the Department that receives municipal solid
<br />S waste for processing, treatment or disposal.
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