For the purpose interpretation and enforcement of this article, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
GARBAGE. Wastes resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food, and wastes from the handling, storage and sale of produce.
RECYCLABLE MATERIALS. Items which have post-consumer use or value including, but not limited to, the following: paper (newspaper, Kraft paper and mixed paper), glass, steel and bi-metal cans, aluminum, HDPE plastics (milk, water and laundry detergent bottles) and PET plastics (soda bottles).
REFUSE. Combustible refuse, including but not limited to paper, cartons, boxes, barrels, wood, excelsior, wood furniture, bedding; non-combustible refuse, including, but not limited to, metals, tin cans, metal furniture, glass, crockery, other mineral waste, street rubbish and ashes, residue from fires used for cooking and for heating buildings. REFUSE shall not include earth and wastes from building operations, nor shall it include solid wastes resulting from industrial processes and manufacturing operations such as food processing wastes, boiler house cinders, lumber, scraps and shavings.
YARD WASTE. Accumulations of grass or shrubbery cuttings, leaves, tree limbs and other materials accumulated as the result of the maintenance of lawns, shrubbery, vines and trees.
(Ord. 91-03-23, passed 3-26-1991)