For the purpose 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.
RECYCLABLES. At a minimum, brown paper bags, corrugated boxes, frozen food packages, magazines and catalogues, mixed paper, newspapers, paperboard, telephone books, wet strength carrier stock, aerosol cans, aluminum cans, aluminum foil, aseptic packaging and gable top containers, formed steel containers, glass bottles and jars, HDPE (#2) plastic containers, PET (#1) plastic containers, plastic six- and 12-pack rings, polystyrene (#6), steel cans, steel paint cans and lids, and any other items which the intermediate processing facility in the village or similar facility may add to its list of items accepted at the facility.
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, 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 waste from building operations, nor shall it include solid waste resulting from industrial processes and manufacturing operations such as food processing wastes, boiler house cinders, lumber, scraps and shavings.
SOLID WASTE COLLECTORS. Any person, firm or corporation who provides collection or removal services of garbage, refuse, recyclables or yard waste.
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. 96-05-33, passed 5-6-1996)