The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings as set forth in this section, unless the context in which such word, term or phrase is used clearly indicates otherwise:
ALUMINUM: The lightweight ductile and malleable metallic substance or element commonly known as aluminum and shall include all empty aluminum food and beverage cans, except aluminum foil, trays, plates and miscellaneous aluminum products.
ASHES: The residue from the burning of wood, coal, coke or other combustible materials.
BIMETALLIC CANS: All food and beverage containers consisting of a steel (ferrous) cylinder and bottom and aluminum top.
COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENT: Those properties used primarily for commercial or industrial purposes, excluding, however, those establishments which are institutional or municipal as hereinafter defined. In addition, "commercial establishment" shall include multi-family rental housing properties with four (4) or more units.
CONTRACTOR: The person, partnership, firm, corporation or other business entity designated by the city council, by means of a contract, to have the exclusive right and privilege to collect, haul, carry, remove and dispose of all garbage, trash, ashes, rubbish, refuse and recyclable materials from residential establishments within the city.
CORRUGATED PAPER: Paper or pasteboard contracted into parallel grooves and ridges, commonly referred to as "cardboard", which is used for wrapping, packing, shipping and/or storage.
DWELLING: A building used for residential purposes, except hotels, boarding and lodging houses, tourist cabins and motels.
DWELLING UNIT: A living area comprised of one or more rooms used for living and sleeping purposes and having its own kitchen with fixed cooking, refrigeration and plumbing facilities, and its own sanitation facilities with bath and toilet fixtures, all arranged for occupancy by one person, one family or more than one person living together as a family unit.
GARBAGE: Putrescible animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food including all table refuse, animal and vegetable matter, offal from meat, fish and fowl, fruits, vegetables and parts thereof and all other articles and materials ordinarily used for food which have become unfit for such use or which are for any reason discarded except those defined under "organics or organic material".
GLASS: The hard, brittle, transparent or partially transparent substance produced by the fusion of silica and silicates or sand containing soda and lime and/or other chemicals and substances usually or conveniently included in the manufacture of glass; and shall for the purpose of this chapter include all materials commonly known as glass bottles or containers. This definition includes all food and beverage containers made of clear or colored glass. Excluded from this definition are blue glass, ceramics, pottery and flat glass commonly known as "window" or "plate" glass.
HDPE: High density polyethylene.
HAZARDOUS WASTE: Any chemical compound, mixture, substance or article, which is designated by the United States environmental protection agency or any appropriate agency of the state of Illinois to be "hazardous" as that term is defined by or pursuant to federal or state law.
HIGH GRADE OFFICE PAPER: Printed or unprinted sheets, shavings and cuttings of sulphite or sulphate ledger, bond, writing and other pages, which have similar fiber and filler content. This grade must be free of treated, coated, padded or heavily printed stock. This includes lightweight office papers, i.e., bond, copy paper and onion skin, as well as computer paper.
INSTITUTIONAL ESTABLISHMENT: Those facilities that house or serve groups of people for a common purpose, including, but not limited to, hospitals, nursing homes, daycare centers, group homes, libraries and nonprofit associations.
LEAF WASTE: Leaves, garden residues, shrubbery and tree trimmings and similar material, but not including grass clippings.
MANAGER: The city manager duly appointed by the city council.
MATERIAL: Includes garbage, trash, ashes, refuse and rubbish.
MULTI-FAMILY DWELLING: A residence having two (2) or more dwelling units per structure.
MUNICIPAL ESTABLISHMENT: Public facilities operated by the city of Highwood and other governmental authorities.
MUNICIPALITY: The city of Highwood, Lake County, Illinois.
NEWSPAPER: Types of paper made from wood pulp and/or other fibrous materials mixed together, either with or without chemicals, to produce thin sheets of the products customarily and primarily used for the production of newsprint; "newspaper" does not include magazine paper.
ORGANICS/ORGANIC MATERIAL: Food scraps as defined at 415 Illinois Compiled Statutes 5/3.197 and landscape waste as defined herein.
OWNER: The actual owner of a dwelling as indicated in the real estate records of Lake County.
PET: Polyethylene terephthalate.
PERSON: Any individual, partnership, corporation, association, institution, cooperative enterprise or other entity. In any provisions of this chapter prescribing a fine, imprisonment or penalty, or any combination of the foregoing, the term "person" shall include the officers and directors of any corporation or other legal entity having officers or directors.
PLASTIC: A class of synthetic organic compounds capable of being molded, extruded, cast, or otherwise fabricated into various shapes. It includes #1 high density polyethylene (HDPE) and #2 polyethylene terephthalate (PET). It excludes low density polyethylene (LDPE), polypropylene (PP) and polyvinylchloride (PVC).
PROCESSING CENTER: Any facility maintained for the purpose of storing, preparing and/or consolidating, recyclable materials for sale.
RECYCLABLE MATERIAL: Includes colored and clear glass, aluminum, steel cans, bimetallic cans, plastic, newspaper, magazines, junk mail, empty aerosol cans, leaf waste and such other materials as the city council may designate from time to time by ordinance.
RECYCLING: The separation, collection, recovery and sale or reuse of metals, glass, paper, leaf waste, plastics and other materials, which would otherwise be disposed or processed as solid waste or the mechanized separation and treatment of solid waste (other than through combustion) and creation and recovery of reusable materials other than a fuel for the generation of energy.
RECYCLING COLLECTION SERVICES: The following services to be performed by the contractor: a) collection and conveyance of recyclable materials; b) processing of recyclable materials as applicable; and c) marketing of the recyclable materials.
REFUSE: All putrescible and nonputrescible solid wastes (excluding body wastes), but including garbage, trash, rubbish, ashes and street cleanings.
RESIDENTIAL ESTABLISHMENT: Any occupied single- or multi-family dwelling, except multi-family dwellings with four (4) or more units.
RESIDENTIAL SOLID WASTE: Garbage, ashes, refuse, rubbish, trash and other nonsewage or nonwastewater waste materials normally generated in domestic family living, but shall exclude hazardous waste and leaf waste.
SOLID WASTE: Refuse, rubbish, garbage, ashes, trash and any other nonsewage or nonwastewater waste materials excluding hazardous waste and leaf waste.
SOURCE SEPARATED RECYCLABLE MATERIALS: Recyclable materials that are separated from solid waste at the point of origin for the purpose of recycling.
STEEL CANS: Empty, all-steel (ferrous) beverage and food containers. (Ord. 15-O-51, 9-24-2015)