BlackletterCalifornia law

Health and Safety Code § 117475

ARTICLE 2. Pollution of Navigable Waters with Garbage

Current as of September 28, 2026Health & Saf. Code, § 117475Official source ↗

Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.

For the purpose of this article the term “garbage” includes any or all of the following:

(a) Garbage.

(b) Swill.

(c) Refuse.

(d) Cans.

(e) Bottles.

(f) Paper.

(g) Vegetable matter.

(h) Carcass of any dead animal.

(i) Offal from any slaughter pen or butcher shop.

(j) Trash.

(k) Rubbish.

( l) Radioactive waste materials.

(m) Discarded, nonbiodegradable materials including plastics or damaged or broken marine equipment.