COMPOSTING: | The controlled biological decomposition and management of selected solid waste to produce an innocuous, humus-like material, which can be used as a soil conditioner. |
FOOD WASTE: | Vegetable, fruit and other organic waste resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food, except for meat, bones, whole eggs and dairy products. |
MIXED MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE: | Garbage, refuse, and other solid waste from residential, commercial, industrial, and community activities that the generator of the waste aggregates for collection but does not include auto hulks, street sweepings, ash, construction debris, mining waste, sludges, tree and agricultural wastes, tires, lead-acid batteries, motor or vehicle fluids and filters, and other materials collected, processed, and disposed of as separate waste streams. |
ORGANIC WASTE, ORGANIC MATERIAL, OR ORGANICS: | Food waste and the designated list of organics published on the Dakota County Website. |
SOURCE SEPARATED OR SOURCE SEPARATION: | The process whereby generators separate, from mixed municipal solid waste, materials that will be reused, recycled, used as substitutes for raw material in a manufacturing process, or converted into a usable soil amendment. |
YARD WASTE: | Garden wastes, leaves, lawn cuttings, weeds, shrub and tree waste, and prunings generated at residential, commercial, or public properties. (Ord. XIV.20, 2-20-2001; amd. Ord. 2021-02, 1-5-2021) |