As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the following words and terms shall be construed as herein defined:
BULK ITEMS: Items such as, but not limited to, discarded furniture, household appliances, and small amounts of construction debris and materials capable of being handled by one person. Said bulk items shall not include white goods.
LANDSCAPE WASTE: Grass or shrubbery cuttings, leaves, aquatic weeds, tree limbs (4 inches or less in diameter), and other material accumulated as the result of the care of lawns, shrubbery, vines and trees, and as otherwise described in 415 Illinois Compiled Statutes 5/3.20.
LANDSCAPE WASTE TOTER: A wheeled plastic container with a tightfitting top, not to exceed ninety (90) gallons in size, requiring a semiautomated lifting mechanism for collection.
LANDSCAPE WASTE UNIT: A landscape waste unit may be any of the following:
A. Kraft paper bags not exceeding thirty three (33) gallons of capacity weighing up to sixty (60) pounds. The kraft paper bag shall be of the type specifically intended for landscape waste, being specifically biodegradable and not chemically treated;
B. Residential refuse containers not exceeding thirty four (34) gallons of capacity weighing up to sixty (60) pounds; or
C. Landscape waste, including brush and other branches four inches (4") or less in diameter, not exceeding four feet (4') in length and weighing up to sixty (60) pounds; said bundle to be securely tied only with biodegradable natural fiber string or twine. Securing with plastic or wire is prohibited.
RECYCLABLE MATERIAL: Newsprint, magazines, phone books, chipboard, corrugated cardboard, plastics (#3 through #7), aluminum cans, glass food containers, polystyrene (PS), metal and bimetal cans, high density polyethylene (HDPE), polyethylene terepthalate (PET), catalogs, old mail, envelopes, mixed paper, and such other materials as may be agreed upon in any contract as provided for in section 4-6-6 of this chapter.
RECYCLABLE MATERIAL PROGRAM AREA: All residences receiving single-family residential scavenger service.
RECYCLING CONTAINER: A wheeled plastic container with a tightfitting top, sixty four (64) gallons in size, requiring a semiautomated lifting mechanism for collection, or such other containers as approved and provided by the village or approved by the village and provided by the person or corporation having a contract with the village as provided for in section 4-6-6 of this chapter.
REFUSE: Waste resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food; waste from the handling, storage and sale of produce; combustible trash, including, but not limited to, paper, cartons, boxes, barrels, wood, excelsior, wood furniture, bedding; noncombustible trash including, but not limited to, metals, tin cans, metal furniture, dirt, small quantities of rock and pieces of concrete, glass, crockery, other mineral wastes; street rubbish including, but not limited to, street sweepings, dirt, catch basin dirt, contents of litter receptacles, but refuse does not mean earthen waste 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.
Notwithstanding anything contained hereinabove to the contrary, the term "refuse" shall not be deemed to include recyclable material or landscape waste. Further, refuse shall not include any items declared by the landfills to be exempt materials, including, but not limited to, hazardous or medical waste materials, tires, batteries, or excessive amounts of brick, concrete, asphalt, stone, rocks, dirt and/or sod.
REFUSE TOTER: A wheeled plastic container with a tightfitting top, not to exceed ninety (90) gallons in size, requiring a semiautomated lifting mechanism for collection.
RESIDENTIAL REFUSE CONTAINER: A plastic or galvanized metal can of a type commonly sold as a garbage can of a capacity not less than ten (10) gallons and not to exceed thirty four (34) gallons, and each such can shall have two (2) handles upon sides of can or bail by which it may be lifted. No garbage can shall exceed sixty (60) pounds in weight when lifted.
SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCE: A building which is arranged, designed, used or intended to be used for residential occupancy by one family.
SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL SCAVENGER SERVICE: The collection and disposal of refuse, landscape waste and recyclable material from all single-family residences of not more than four (4) residential dwelling units.
WHITE GOODS: Any domestic and/or commercial large appliance which contains CFC or HCFC refrigerant gas, PCB containing capacitors, mercury switches, or other hazardous components. Examples include, but are not limited to, refrigerators, freezers, air conditioners, ranges (both electric and gas), humidifiers, dehumidifiers, water heaters, furnaces, and other similar large appliances. (Ord. 769-96, 7-16-1996; amd. Ord. 1052-03, 11-17-2003)