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Yard Waste

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-030652

1. The part of solid waste composed of grass clippings, leaves, twigs, branches, and other garden refuse.

2. Grass, grass clippings, bushes, shrubs, and clippings from bushes and shrubs that are generated by residential, commercial/retail, institutional, and/or industrial sources as part of maintenance activities associated with yards or other private or public lands. Yard waste does not include construction, renovation, and demolition wastes, which are exempt from the definition of MSW in this section. Yard waste does not include clean wood, which is exempt from the definition of MSW in this section.

3. Grass, grass clippings, bushes, shrubs, and clippings from bushes and shrubs that are generated by residential, commercial/retail, institutional, and/or industrial sources as part of maintenance activities associated with yards or other private or public lands. Yard waste does not include construction, renovation, and demolition wastes, which are exempt from the definition of municipal solid waste in this section. Yard waste does not include clean wood, which is exempt from the definition of municipal solid waste in this section.

4. Grass, grass clippings, bushes, shrubs, and clippings from bushes and shrubs from residential, commercial/retail, institutional, or industrial sources as part of maintaining yards or other private or public lands.

5. Grass, grass clippings, bushes, shrubs, and clippings from bushes and shrubs. They come from residential, commercial/retail, institutional, or industrial sources as part of maintaining yards or other private or public lands. Yard waste does not include two items: (1) Construction, renovation, and demolition wastes that are exempt from the definition of ‘‘municipal solid waste’’ in this section. (2) Clean wood that is exempt from the definition of ‘‘municipal solid waste’’ in this section.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-030652
FieldEnvironment
SubjectGeneral environmental
ReferencesTerms of Environment; 40 CFR 60.51a (CFR 2013); 40 CFR 60.51b (CFR 2013); 40 CFR 62.14840 (CFR 2018); 40 CFR 62.15410 (CFR 2018)
Record as JSON 
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  "subject": "General environmental",
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    "40 CFR 60.51a (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 60.51b (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 62.14840 (CFR 2018)",
    "40 CFR 62.15410 (CFR 2018)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/yard-waste/"
}

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