Divert definition

Divert means to use material for any lawful purpose other than disposal in a landfill or transfer facility for disposal
Divert or “diversion” means the placement that occurs when a formally recorded apprehension is made by a law enforcement agency for an act by a minor that if a petition were filed with the court would bring that minor within section 2(a) of chapter XIIA of Act No. 288 of the Public Acts of 1939, being section 712A.2 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, and instead of petitioning the court or authorizing a petition, either of the following occurs:
Divert or "diversion" means the placement that occurs when a formally recorded apprehension is made by a law enforcement agency for an act by a minor that if a petition were filed with the court would bring that minor within section 2(a) of chapter XIIA of the probate code of 1939, 1939 PA 288, MCL 712A.2, and instead of petitioning the court or authorizing a petition, either of the following occurs:

Examples of Divert in a sentence

  • In a Critical Year, the Contractor shall have the option to: 213 (a) Irrigate not in excess of 75 percent of their irrigable acreage shown on 214 Exhibit A; or 215 (b) Divert from the Sacramento River not in excess of 75 percent of the 216 Contract Total shown on Exhibit A, subject to the installation of measurement equipment 217 satisfactory to the Contracting Officer.

  • SFUSD aims to: • Install three-stream stations campus-wide at 3 schools • Develop a sustainable procurement policy with guidelines and restrictions around purchasing • Divert 75% of bulky items from the landfill through our Furniture Exchange Program, auction and donation • The Environmental Science Center staff will host 30 overnight field studies at Ft ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ for SFUSD 4th and 5th grade classes at Title I schools.

  • Divert from the criminal justice system and/or acute and long term institutional levels of care (locked facilities) SMI and complex individuals with multiple co-morbid conditions that can succeed in the community with sufficient structure and support.


More Definitions of Divert

Divert means to change the intended course or path of electricity, gas, or water without the authorization or consent of the utility;
Divert means to use material for any purpose other than disposal in a landfill. Diversion credit is given for source reduction (waste reduction), recycling, and composting.
Divert or “diversion” means to use materials for any purpose other than disposal in a landfill or transformation facility. Methods to divert materials include on-site reuse of the materials, delivery of materials from the project site to a certified C&D sorting facility or a recycling facility, or other methods as approved in regulations promulgated by the City Department of Utilities.
Divert means to transfer water from the Great Lakes basin into a watershed outside the Great Lakes basin, or from the watershed of one of the Great Lakes into that of another, by any means of transfer, including a pipeline, canal, tunnel, aqueduct, channel, modification of the direction of a water course, tanker ship, tanker truck, or rail tanker except that “divert” does not include any of the following:
Divert or "diverting" means redirecting materials from disposal in landfills or incinerators to recycling or recovery, excluding diversion to waste-to-energy facilities;
Divert and "diverting" means redirecting materials that might otherwise be placed in the waste stream to recycling or recovery, excluding diversion to waste-to-energy facilities;
Divert means to use material for any purpose other than disposal in a landfill or transformation facility.