solution home » services » solution What does the city consider garbage?Garbage means putrescible (decaying) wastes, including:  • Kitchen and table food wastes  • Animal or vegetable wastes resulting from the storage, preparation, cooking, processing or handling of foodstuffs  • Non-putrescible wastes that are mixed in the same container with or contaminated by putrescible wastes  • Small dead animals not exceeding five pounds in weight  • Any putrefactive or easily decomposable waste material that is likely to attract flies, vermin, birds or rodents Garbage does NOT include:  • Materials that are separated and set aside for recycling or composting  • Hazardous materials, including household hazardous material, sewage, sewage sludge, human excrement, animal excrement or yard wasteThis Article was created on: 02/23/2014This Article was last updated on: 09/17/2020