Section 30-8-3 - Refuse defined. - New Mexico Statutes

30-8-3. Refuse defined.

Refuse means any article or substance:   

A.     which is commonly discarded as waste; or   

B.     which, if discarded on the ground, will create or contribute to an unsanitary, offensive or unsightly condition.   

Refuse includes, but is not limited to, the following items or classes of items: waste food; waste paper and paper products; cans, bottles or other containers; junked household furnishings and equipment; junked parts or bodies of automobiles and other metallic junk or scrap; portions or carcasses of dead animals; and collections of ashes, dirt, yard trimmings or other rubbish.