Illinois Statutes Chapter 60. Townships § 1/210-10. Definitions

§ 210-10. Definitions. As used in this Article, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:

“Ashes” means residue from fires used for cooking and for heating buildings.

“Garbage” means wastes resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking, and consumption of food and wastes from the handling, storage, and sale of produce.

“Recycling” means the transfer of brush, wood chips, or leaves by employees of the township to a facility or place that will utilize the product without charge.

“Refuse” means (i) combustible trash, including but not limited to paper, cartons, boxes, barrels, wood, excelsior, tree branches, yard trimmings, wood furniture, and bedding; (ii) noncombustible trash, including but not limited to metals, tin cans, metal furniture, dirt, small quantities of rock and pieces of concrete, glass, crockery, and other mineral waste; and (iii) street rubbish, including but not limited to street sweepings, dirt, leaves, catch-basin dirt, and contents of litter receptacles. “Refuse” does not mean earth and wastes from building operations, nor does it include solid wastes resulting from industrial processes and manufacturing operations such as food processing wastes, boiler-house cinders, lumber, scraps, and shavings.