As used in this Act, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
     “Agency” means the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.

Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 415 ILCS 15/3

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • individual: shall include every infant member of the species homo sapiens who is born alive at any stage of development. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.36
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • State: when applied to different parts of the United States, may be construed to include the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" may be construed to include the said district and territories. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.14

     “Composting” means the biological process by which microorganisms decompose the organic fraction of waste, producing a humus-like material that may be used as a soil conditioner.
     “County” means any county of the State and includes the City of Chicago.
     “Department” means the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity.
     “Municipal waste” means garbage, general household, institutional and commercial waste, industrial lunchroom or office waste, landscape waste, and construction and demolition debris.
     “Person” means any individual, partnership, cooperative enterprise, unit of local government, institution, corporation or agency, or any other legal entity whatsoever which is recognized by law as the subject of rights and duties.
     “Recycling, reclamation or reuse” means a method, technique or process designed to remove any contaminant from waste so as to render the waste reusable, or any process by which materials that would otherwise be disposed of or discarded are collected, separated or processed and returned to the economic mainstream in the form of raw materials or products.
     “Recycling center” means a facility that accepts only segregated, nonhazardous, nonspecial, homogeneous, nonputrescible materials, such as dry paper, glass, cans or plastics, for subsequent use in the secondary materials market.