PD 856 - CHAPTER XVIII: REFUSE DISPOSAL

Agricultural Waste

Waste generated from planting or harvesting crops, trimming or preening of plants, and wastes or run-off materials from farms or fields.

Ashes

Residues from burning.

Commercial Refuse

Refuse resulting from the use, or occupation of any commercial or business establishments or premises where any business of work is carried out, other than a manufacturing process.

Composting

A process of biodegradability under controlled conditions. It is the process of biodegradable waste into soil conditioner/enhancer by mixing them with soil, water, and biological additives.

Aerobic Composting

Decomposition of organic matter in the presence of oxygen.

Anaerobic Composting

Decomposition of organic matter in the absence of oxygen.

Disposal Area

Any site, location, tract of land, or structure used or intended to be used for refuse disposal.

Domestic Refuse

Refuse from household.

Ecological Waste Management

A method of handling wastes that facilitates their sanitary retrieval, reuse or recycling without degrading the environment nor polluting air, water, and soil.

Garbage

The wastes rejected by food constituents produced during the preparation, cooking, or storage of meat, fruit, vegetables, and other food materials.

Garden Refuse

Waste from cutting or loping of grasses, trees, bushes, shrubs, flowers, seeds, or other similar materials.

Hazardous Waste

Any material that can be harmful to human health or the environment if it is not properly disposed of.

Incineration

The controlled process by which combustible wastes are burned and changed into gases and residues that contain little or no combustible materials.

Industrial Refuse

Solid waste resulting from industrial processes.

Infectious Waste

Includes cultures and stocks of infectious agents from laboratory work.

Junk Dealer

Any person, firm, agency, or entity engaged in the collection, transportation, sorting, segregation, storing, exchange, or sale of waste matter or rubbish of any old or second-hand materials.

Night Soil

Any refuse material composed wholly or partly of human excrement.

Non-Biodegradable Waste

Refers to non-compostable/non-putrescible waste.

Offal

The by-products, organs, glands, and tissues other than meat of the food animal which may or may not be edible.

Open Dumpsite

A site used for the disposal of refuse where waste is exposed in the open.

Pathological Waste

Include tissues, organs, or body parts from surgical operations, biopsy and autopsy, remains, aborted fetuses and animal carcasses, and blood and body fluid.

Pharmaceutical Waste

Includes spoiled, spilled, banned, expired, contaminated, or used pharmaceutical products, drugs and chemicals that are to be discarded because they are no longer necessary.

Pressurized Can/Container

Includes innocuous or inert gas and aerosol can or container that may explode when incinerated or accidentally punctured.

Radioactive Waste

Waste contaminated with radioactivity.

Scavenger

A person engage in the business of collection, recovery, and transmission of recycle refuse.

Sharps

Includes needles, syringes, scalpels, and any other items that can cause a cut or puncture.

Swill

Garbage that is edible and usable as food and has food value for animals or fowl accumulating from animals or matter wasted from households or food establishments.