DIVISION 30. WASTE MANAGEMENT 40000-49620›PART 8. GARBAGE AND REFUSE DISPOSAL 49000-49620›CHAPTER 6. Solid Waste Enterprises 49500-49524›ARTICLE 1. Definitions 49500-49505

§ 49503

California Public Resources Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

“Solid waste” means all putrescible and nonputrescible solid and semisolid wastes, including garbage, trash, refuse, paper, rubbish, ashes, industrial wastes, demolition and construction wastes, abandoned vehicles and parts thereof, discarded home and industrial appliances, manure, vegetable or animal solid or semisolid wastes, and other discarded solid and semisolid wastes.

(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1095, Sec. 22.)

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