Michigan Laws 324.19103 – Definitions; P to W
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(1) “Private entity” means an individual, trust, firm, joint stock company, corporation, or association that is not a local unit of government.
(2) “Recycling project” means a project in which materials that otherwise would become solid waste are collected, separated, or processed and returned for conversion into raw materials or products.
Terms Used In Michigan Laws 324.19103
- 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.
- Department: means the director of the department of natural resources or his or her designee to whom the director delegates a power or duty by written instrument. See Michigan Laws 324.301
- local unit: means a municipality or county. See Michigan Laws 324.301
(3) “Resource recovery” means the processing or collecting of solid wastes so as to produce materials or energy that may be used in manufacturing, agriculture, heat production, or other productive processes or purposes designed to reuse materials or products or to conserve natural resources.
(4) “Site separated material” means glass, metals, wood, paper products, plastics, rubber, textiles, or any other material approved by the department that is separated from solid waste for conversion into raw materials or new products.
(5) “Solid waste” means solid waste as defined in part 115.
(6) “Solid waste transfer facility” means a solid waste transfer facility as defined in part 115.
(7) “Source separated material” means glass, metals, wood, paper products, plastics, rubber, textiles, or any other material approved by the department that is separated at the source of generation for conversion into raw material or new products.
(8) “Waste-to-energy” means a process that is specifically designed to recover energy through the combustion or volume reduction of solid waste.