Legal Documents of Mosheim

As used in this chapter, 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 Tennessee Code Annotated, § 39-17-1503(9) 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.
5. "Rubbish" includes nonputrescible solid waste consisting of both combustible and non-combustible waste.