Litter definition

Litter means any object or matter which is discarded by a person in any place except in an approved receptacle provided for that purpose or at a waste handling facility or waste disposal facility;

Litter means any garbage, rubbish, trash, refuse, waste materials, or debris.

Litter means all refuse and includes any other waste material which, if thrown or deposited as prohibited under these Bye-Laws, tends to create uncleanliness or a danger or nuisance to public health, safety or welfare.

Examples of Litter in a sentence

• Options considered and rejected: Epping Forest District Council have never had a Litter Strategy, we can continue to operate without a litter strategy, but this strategy explains how Epping Forest District Council and other relevant partners can meet their legal duties to keep streets and open spaces for which they are responsible clean and free of litter.

• Officers will work with Keep Britain Tidy to ensure this strategy and associated actions are in keeping with the aspirations of the Governments Litter Strategy.

• New strategy2.2Describe the main aims, objectives and purpose of the policy (or decision): The Litter Strategy will help to deliver the commitment to the Government’s Litter Strategy for England along with The Environmental Protection Act (1990) and the Code of Practice on Litter and Refuse (2019).

• Our Litter and Fly Tipping Strategy was adopted by Council in March 2021, which sets out the national and local context with respect to litter and fly-tipping, explaining the causes and consequences of littering both local and globally and the importance of taking action in Torfaen.

• Litter dwellers and deep burrowers have been shown to benefit the most when soil is not ploughed (Briones and Schmidt 2017).

More Definitions of Litter

Litter means waste, excluding hazardous waste, arising from activities in public areas that has not been deposited of in a public litter container;

Litter means any garbage, rubbish, trash, refuse, waste materials, or debris not exceeding 10 pounds in weight or 15 cubic feet in volume. Litter includes but is not limited to empty beverage containers, cigarette butts, food waste packaging, other food or candy wrappers, handbills, empty cartons, or boxes.

Litter means “garbage”, “refuse”, and “rubbish” as defined herein and all other waste material which, if thrown or deposited as herein prohibited, tends to create a danger to public health, safety and welfare.

Litter means discarded and abandoned solid waste materials that are not special waste or industrial waste.

Litter means any garbage, rubbish, trash, refuse, waste materials, or debris. (Code of Iowa, Sec. 455B.361(1))

Litter means any discarded Solid Waste lying in a public place.

Litter means, for purposes of this chapter, any solid waste that is discarded or scattered about a solid waste management facility outside the immediate working area.