Sec. 249. (a) “Waste reduction”, for purposes of environmental management laws except as provided in subsection (b), means a process that leads to the prevention of the creation of waste.

     (b) “Waste reduction”, for purposes of IC 13-22-11, means the use of one (1) or more industrial practices that reduce, eliminate, or avoid the generation of hazardous waste to reduce risks to human health and to the environment. The term does not include the following:

(1) Recycling of a hazardous waste, except for recycling that is an integral part of the industrial operation that generated the hazardous waste.

(2) An act that concentrates a hazardous waste to reduce the volume of the hazardous waste.

(3) A dilution of a hazardous waste to reduce the hazardous characteristics of the hazardous waste.

(4) A treatment of a hazardous waste after the hazardous waste is generated, such as by incineration.

(5) Any other action involving a hazardous waste, unless the action is taken:

(A) as part of the industrial operation that generates the hazardous waste;

(B) at the place where the hazardous waste is generated; and

(C) at the time that the hazardous waste is generated.

[Pre-1996 Recodification Citations: subsection (a) formerly 13-7-1-3 part; 13-7-1-25.8; subsection (b) formerly 13-7-27-3.]

As added by P.L.1-1996, SEC.1.