Household waste

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-013502",
  "term": "Household waste",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Household Waste",
  "definition": "1. Solid waste, composed of garbage and rubbish, which normally originates from residential, private households, or apartment buildings. Domestic waste may contain a significant amount of toxic or hazardous waste from improperly discarded pesticides, paints, batteries, and cleaners.\n\n2. Solid waste, composed of garbage and rubbish, which normally originates in a private home or apartment house. Domestic waste may contain a significant amount of toxic or hazardous waste.\n\n3. Material discarded by single and multiple residential dwellings, hotels, motels, and other similar permanent or temporary housing establishments or facilities.\n\n4. Any solid waste (including garbage, trash, and sanitary waste in septic tanks) derived from households (including, but not limited to, single and multiple residences, hotels and motels, bunkhouses, ranger stations, crew quarters, campgrounds, picnic grounds, and day-use recreation areas).\n\n5. Any solid waste (including garbage, trash, and sanitary waste in septic tanks) derived from households (including single and multiple residences, hotels and motels, bunkhouses, ranger stations, crew quarters, campgrounds, picnic grounds, and day-use recreation areas).\n\n6. Solid waste (including garbage, trash, and sanitary waste in septic tanks) derived from households (including, but not limited to, single and multiple residences, hotels and motels, bunkhouses, ranger stations, crew quarters, campgrounds, picnic grounds, and day-use recreation areas). Household waste does not include fully segregated yard waste. Segregated yard waste means vegetative matter resulting exclusively from the cutting of grass, the pruning and/or removal of bushes, shrubs, and trees, the weeding of gardens, and other landscaping maintenance activities. Household waste does not include construction, renovation, or demolition wastes, even if originating from a household.",
  "subject": "Environmental events",
  "see_also": [
    "Domestic Waste"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Pesticides Glossary",
    "Terms of Environment",
    "40 CFR 60.51a (CFR 2013); 40 CFR 60.51b (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 60.751 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 258.2 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 63.1990 (CFR 2020)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/household-waste/"
}