### Question
How is the term solid waste defined?


### Answer
The term **solid waste** is defined in *42 U.S.C. § 6903* as the following:

> any garbage, refuse, sludge from a waste treatment plant, water supply treatment plant, or air pollution control facility and other discarded material, including solid, liquid, semisolid, or contained gaseous material resulting from industrial, commercial, mining, and agricultural operations, and from community activities, but does not include solid or dissolved material in domestic sewage, or solid or dissolved materials in irrigation return flows or industrial discharges which are point sources subject to permits under section 1342 of title 33, or source, special nuclear, or byproduct material as defined by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (68 Stat

#### Citation:
  - *42 U.S.C. § 6903*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 81-ENERGY CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE RENEWAL > SUBCHAPTER I-GENERAL PROVISIONS**

