Sec. 368.011. DEFINITIONS  


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  • In this subchapter:

    (1) "Waste" means:

    (A) animal and vegetable waste materials resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking, or consumption of food;

    (B) discarded paper, rags, cardboard, wood, rubber, plastics, yard trimmings, fallen leaves, brush materials, and similar combustible items; and

    (C) discarded glass, crockery, tin or aluminum cans, metal items, and similar items that are noncombustible at ordinary incinerator temperatures.

    (2) "Waste hauler" means a person who, for compensation, transports waste by the use of a motor vehicle.

Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.