39-14-501 - Part definitions. - Tennessee Statutes

39-14-501. Part definitions.

As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:

     (1)  “Commercial purpose” means litter discarded by a business, corporation, association, partnership, sole proprietorship, or any other entity conducting business for economic gain, or by an employee or agent of the entity;

     (2)  “Garbage” includes putrescible animal and vegetable waste resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food;

     (3)  “Litter” includes garbage, refuse, rubbish and all other waste material, including a tobacco product as defined in § 39-17-1503 and any other item primarily designed to hold or filter a tobacco product while the tobacco is being smoked;

     (4)  “Refuse” includes all putrescible and nonputrescible solid waste; and

     (5)  “Rubbish” includes nonputrescible solid waste consisting of both combustible and noncombustible waste.

[Acts 2007, ch. 595, § 1.]