For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
Agricultural Solid Waste. The solid waste that results from the rearing of animals and the harvesting of crops.
Association of Apartment Owners. All of the apartment owners of a multi-unit residential building acting as a group in accordance with the bylaws and declaration.
Automated Collection. Refuse collection service using a city-provided refuse receptacle (cart) that requires no manual moving and no manual lifting by city personnel.
Business. Any individual proprietorship, partnership, corporation, association, joint venture, or project operated, which carries on commercial or industrial activity for gain or profit, including any hotel or hotel-apartment.
Chief. The chief of the refuse division of the department of environmental services of the City and County of Honolulu.
Commercial Cooking Oil Waste. Has the same meaning as defined in § 43-5A.1.
Commercial FOG Waste. Has the same meaning as defined in § 43-5A.1.
Days. Calendar days, including weekends and holidays, unless otherwise indicated.
Department. The department of environmental services of the City and County of Honolulu.
Director. The director of the department of environmental services of the City and County of Honolulu.
Director of Budget and Fiscal Services. The director of budget and fiscal services of the City and County of Honolulu.
Director of Customer Services. The director of customer services of the City and County of Honolulu.
Disposal Facilities. All the facilities controlled by the city for the disposal of solid waste, including but not limited to incinerators, composting plants, landfills, shredding plants, transfer stations, convenience centers, and resource recovery facilities.
Disposal System. The citywide system for processing and disposing of solid waste generated in the city and consisting of disposal facilities or private disposal facilities, or a combination thereof, or methods designated by the director from time to time for processing and disposing of solid waste in the city and declared to constitute a part of the city’s system of processing and disposing of solid waste.
Division. The refuse division of the department of environmental services of the City and County of Honolulu.
Frontloader Collection Service. Refuse collection service using an owner-provided, 3-cubic-yard container that requires no manual moving, no manual lifting by city personnel and is lifted over the front of the collection vehicle.
Hotel or Hotel-Apartment. An establishment operating under a license issued pursuant to HRS § 445-92.
Incinerator. Any incinerator owned or controlled by the city where refuse is disposed of by incineration.
Inspector. Any individual designated by the department of environmental services to issue notices of violation or citations, or both, to enforce this chapter.
Licensed Collector. Any person who has been licensed by the city to collect refuse in accordance with Article 2 of this chapter.
Manual Collection. Refuse collection service using an owner-provided refuse receptacle or bag that requires manual moving and manual lifting by city personnel.
Motor Vehicle. Every vehicle that is self-propelled or is propelled by electric power but not operated upon rails, but excludes a moped.
Multi-Unit Residential Building. A building consisting of two or more dwelling units.
Owner. The person assessed the real property tax as shown by the records of the director of budget and fiscal services and the records, if any, in the office of the assistant registrar of the land court.
Person. Any individual, partnership, corporation, trust, unincorporated association, or joint venture, a government or any department or agency thereof, or any other entity.
Private Disposal Facilities. Facilities in the city for the disposal of solid waste, including but not limited to incinerators, composting plants, landfills, shredding plants, transfer stations, and resource recovery facilities owned and operated by private interests.
Recyclable Materials. Include but are not limited to the following discarded materials for which a market exists and which are delivered to a point where they are converted to a material for later manufacture or reprocessing:
(1) Aluminum Can. A can that is designed and intended to hold a beverage or other substance and is manufactured of aluminum alloy;
(2) Battery. Any lead acid battery or dry cell battery discarded in the city independent of intended use;
(3) Corrugated Cardboard. Kraft, jute, or test liner pulp that is made by combining two or more webs of paper and formed or shaped into wrinkles or folds or into alternate ridges and grooves and discarded by commercial, industrial, and agricultural businesses;
(4) Food Waste. All animal, vegetable, and beverage waste that attends or results from the storage, preparation, cooking, handling, selling, or serving of food. The term does not mean commercial cooking oil waste or commercial FOG waste;
(5) Glass Container. Any container that is manufactured from a mixture of silicates, borates, or phosphates;
(6) Green Waste. Tree branches under 9 inches in diameter, hedge and other plant cuttings, coconut and other palm branches or fronds, vines, and similar materials;
(7) Manufactured Compostable Material. Any material specifically manufactured to break down in a compost system at the end of its useful life that may be made from paper or plant-based materials, along with other ingredients that provide necessary form and functionality, and that is certified by an appropriate authority, as determined by the department, such as the Biodegradable Product Institute or the Composting Manufacturing Alliance, as meeting the ASTM standard for compostability and that contains no perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). The term includes but is not limited to items such as bags, food ware, service ware, coffee pods, and food packaging that are so manufactured;
(8) Metal Scrap. Any metal, in whole or in parts, from buildings, equipment, machinery, and vehicles discarded by commercial, industrial, and agricultural businesses;
(9) Newspaper. A publication that is printed and distributed and contains news articles, opinions, features, and advertising, and is manufactured of impermanent wood pulp material;
(10) Office Paper. Computer paper, and white and colored ledger paper, which is discarded by commercial, industrial, and agricultural businesses;
(11) Paperboard. A sheet of fibrous material made from either virgin wood fiber or recycled paper stock or a combination of these sources;
(12) Plastic Container. A container that is designed and intended to hold a beverage or food product and is manufactured of polyethylene terephthalate (PET), high-density polyethylene (HDPE), and other synthetic materials;
(13) Steel Can (also referred to as Tin Can due to a protective coating of tin). A can made primarily of steel and manufactured to hold food or other items; and
(14) Used Oil. A petroleum-based oil, which through use, storage, or handling, has become unsuitable for its original purpose due to the presence of impurities or loss of original properties.
Refuse. Any one or more of the following:
(1) Rubbish, other than recyclable materials as defined in this section, consisting of and including such materials as paper, cardboard, clothes, shoes, bottles, cans, china, glass, grass, hedge cuttings, tree branches under 9 inches in diameter, and any other material of similar character; or
(2) Bulky wastes consisting of such materials as lumber, iron pipes, tree branches over 9 inches in diameter, refrigerators, stoves, radios, television sets, phonographs, bedsteads, bed springs, tables, sofas, chairs, water heaters, sinks, and other similar materials or equipment of a weighty or bulky nature.
Registered Owner. A person who holds unencumbered title to a vehicle, a buyer under a purchase money security interest, or a debtor under any security interest.
Rental or U-Drive Motor Vehicle. A motor vehicle that is rented or leased for a period of six months or less.
Resource Recovery Facility. Solid waste processing and disposal and resource recovery and electric generating facilities located in the city that have been designated by the director as a part of the disposal system of the city, together with related and appurtenant structures and equipment, whether such resource recovery facilities are owned by the city or by private interests.
Semiautomated Collection. Refuse collection service using a city-provided receptacle (cart) that requires manual moving, but no manual lifting by city personnel.
Sidewalk. That portion of a street between a curbline or the pavement of a roadway, and the adjacent private or public property line, whichever the case may be, intended for the use of pedestrians, including any setback areas acquired by the city for road widening purposes.
Solid Waste. All refuse, soil, rock, construction debris, demolition debris, and all similar materials.
Source Separated Waste. Recyclable materials that are set aside at their point of generation for segregated collection and transport to specialized waste processing sites or final manufacturing markets.
Special Wastes. Any refuse that must be handled in an exceptional and uncommon manner because of its characteristics.
Street. The entire width between the property lines of every way publicly owned and maintained when the part thereof is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel or any private street, highway or thoroughfare that for more than five years has been continuously used by the general public.
Transshipment Facilities. Any city-operated or city-contracted site used to bale or ship, or both, refuse to an off-island site.
Vehicle. Every device in, upon, or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a roadway or highway, but excludes devices moved by human power or devices used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks and mopeds.