Section 65 ILCS 5/11-19-2 - DefinitionsAs used in this Division 19:
(1) "Garbage" means wastes resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food; wastes from the handling, storage and sale of produce.(2) "Refuse" means combustible trash, including, but not limited to, paper, cartons, boxes, barrels, wood, excelsior, tree branches, yard trimmings, wood furniture, bedding; noncombustible trash, including, but not limited to, metals, tin cans, metal furniture, dirt, small quantities of rock and pieces of concrete, glass, crockery, other mineral waste; street rubbish, including, but not limited to, street sweepings, dirt, leaves, catch-basin dirt, contents of litter receptacles, but refuse does not mean earth and wastes from building operations, nor shall it include solid wastes resulting from industrial processes and manufacturing operations such as food processing wastes, boiler-house cinders, lumber, scraps and shavings.(3) "Ashes" means residue from fires used for cooking and for heating buildings.(4) "General construction or demolition debris" has the meaning given to that term in Section 3.160 of the Environmental Protection Act.Amended by P.A. 100-0316,§ 5, eff. 1/1/2018.