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Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 60 ILCS 1/210-25

  • Ashes: means residue from fires used for cooking and for heating buildings. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 60 ILCS 1/210-10
  • Garbage: means wastes resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking, and consumption of food and wastes from the handling, storage, and sale of produce. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 60 ILCS 1/210-10
  • Refuse: means (i) combustible trash, including but not limited to paper, cartons, boxes, barrels, wood, excelsior, tree branches, yard trimmings, wood furniture, and bedding; (ii) noncombustible trash, including but not limited to metals, tin cans, metal furniture, dirt, small quantities of rock and pieces of concrete, glass, crockery, and other mineral waste; and (iii) street rubbish, including but not limited to street sweepings, dirt, leaves, catch-basin dirt, and contents of litter receptacles. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 60 ILCS 1/210-10
     The township board, when authorized by the electors of the unincorporated area of the township to exercise the powers conferred by this Article, may adopt by ordinance rules and regulations relating to the collection and final disposition, or relating solely to either the collection or the final disposition, of garbage, refuse, and ashes within the unincorporated area of the township as it from time to time deems necessary and may provide penalties for the violation of those rules and regulations.