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40 CFR §60.1440

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Yard waste is grass, grass clippings, bushes, shrubs, and clippings from bushes and shrubs. They come from residential, commercial/retail, institutional, or industrial sources as part of maintaining yards or other private or public lands. Yard waste does not include two items:
  1. (a)Construction, renovation, and demolition wastes that are exempt from the definition of “municipal solid waste” in § 60.1465.
  2. (b)Clean wood that is exempt from the definition of “municipal solid waste” in § 60.1465.