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PUBLIC RESOURCES CODE SECTION 44100-40201 40191. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), "solid waste means all putrescible -and nonputrescible solid, semisolid, and liquid wastes, including garbage, trash, refuse, paper, rubbish, ashes, industrial wastes, demolition and construction wastes, abandoned vehicles and parts thereof, discarded home and industrial appliances, dewatered, treated, or chemically fixed sewage sludge which is not hazardous waste, manure, vegetable or animal, solid and semisolid sten, and other discarded solid and semisolid wastes. (b) "Solid waste" does not include any of the following wastes: (1) Hazardous waste, as defined in Section 40141. (2) Radioactive waste regulated pursuant to the Radiation Control Low (Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 114960) of Part 9 of Division 104 of the Health and Safety Code). (3) Medical waste regulated pursuant to the Medical Waste Management Act (Part 14 (commencing with Section 117600) of Division 104 of the Health and Safety Code). Untreated medical waste shall not be disposed of in a solid waste landfill, as defined in Section 40195.1. Medical waste that has been treated and deemed to be solid waste shall be regulated pursuant to this division. 192. (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), "solid waste disposal" or "disposal" means the final deposition of solid wastes onto land, into the atmosphere, or into the waters of the state-. (b) Except as provided in Part 2 (commencing with Section 40900), for purposes of Part 2 (commencing with Section 40900), "disposal" means the management of solid waste through landfill disposal or transformation at a permitted solid waste facility. (c) For purposes of Chapters 16 (commencing with Section 42800) and 19 (commencing with Section 42950) of Part 3, Part 4 (commencing with Section 43000), Part 5 (commencing with Section 45000), Part 6 (commencing with Section 45030), and Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 47900) of Part 7, "solid waste disposal" or "disposal" means the final deposition of solid wastes onto land. 40193. "Solid waste enterprise" means any individual, partnership, joint venture, unincorporated private organization, or private corporation, which is regularly engaged in the business of providing solid waste handling services. 40194. "Solid waste facility" includes a solid waste transfer or processing station, a composting facility, a transformation facility, and a disposal facility. 40195. "Solid waste handling" or "handling" means the collection,