Section 67-16-3 - Definitions.
67-16-3. Definitions.
As used in the Litter Control and Beautification Act [67-16-1 NMSA 1978]:
A. "keep America beautiful system" means a comprehensive program to improve waste handling practices and the control of litter;
B. "keep New Mexico beautiful, incorporated" is the statewide organization that is the official clearinghouse for beautification projects in the state;
C. "council" means the litter control council;
D. "department" means the tourism department;
E. "litter" means weeds, graffiti and all waste material, including disposable packages or containers, but not including the waste of the primary processes of mining, logging, sawmilling or farming;
F. "person" means an individual, corporation, partnership, association, firm, receiver, guardian, trustee, executor, administrator, fiduciary or representative or group of individuals or entities of any kind;
G. "public place" means an area that is used or held out for use by the public, whether owned or operated by public or private interests; and
H. "recycling" means the collection, separation or processing and return to the economic mainstream of raw materials or products that would otherwise become solid waste.