### Question
How is the term junk defined?


### Answer
The term **junk** is defined in *23 U.S.C. § 136* as the following:

> old or scrap copper, brass, rope, rags, batteries, paper, trash, rubber debris, waste, or junked, dismantled, or wrecked automobiles, or parts thereof, iron, steel, and other old or scrap ferrous or nonferrous material.

#### Citation:
  - *23 U.S.C. § 136*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 1-FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS**

