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Amending Chapter 10-700 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Refuse and Littering," by requiring the recycling of construction and demolition debris, providing for enforcement and penalties, and making technical changes, all under certain terms and conditions.
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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHIILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 10-700 of The Philadelphia Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
CHAPTER 10-700. REFUSE AND LITTERING
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ยง 10-724. Commercial Sector Waste Management and Recycling.
(1) Definitions. In this Section, the following definitions apply:
[(a) Municipal Waste. Any garbage, refuse, industrial lunchroom or office waste and other material, including solid, liquid, semisolid or contained gaseous material, resulting from operation of residential, municipal, commercial or institutional establishments and from community activities and any sludge not meeting the definition of residual or hazardous waste in the Pennsylvania Solid Waste Management Act from a municipal, commercial or institutional water supply treatment plant, wastewater treatment plant or air pollution control facility. The term does not include source separated recyclable materials.]
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(b) Construction and Demolition Debris. Materials resulting from the construction, remodeling, repair and demolition of utilities, structures, buildings, and roads, including but not limited to the following: bricks, concrete, and other masonry materials; soil; rock; wood, including painted, treated, and coated wood and wood products; wall coverings; plaster; drywall; plumbing fixtures; non-asbestos insulation; roofing shingles and other roof coverings; reclaimed asphalt pavement; glass; plastics; electrical wiring, and piping or metals incidental to any of those materials blocks, broken concrete, plaster, wire and wood lath, timbers and wood building products and other similar non- p...
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