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5-5-1: DEFINITIONS:
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter and Title 9 Chapter 2A, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
GREEN WASTE: Compostable trees and plant trimmings, grass cuttings, dead plants and plant material, leaves, weeds, chips, shavings and sawdust.
MIXED WASTE: Dead animals of less than ten (10) pounds in weight, except those slaughtered for human consumption; every accumulation of waste (animal, vegetable and/or other matter) that results from the preparation, processing, consumption, dealing in, handling, packing, canning, storage, transportation, decay or decomposition of meats, fish, fowl, birds, fruits, grains or other animal or vegetable matter (including, but not by way of limitation, used tin cans and other food containers and all putrescible or easily decomposable waste animal or vegetable matter which is likely to attract flies or rodents); waste wood, wood products, tree trimmings, grass cuttings, dead plants, weeds, leaves, dead trees or their branches, chips, shavings, sawdust, printer matter, paper, pasteboard, rags, straw, used and discarded clothing, used and discarded shoes, booths, combustible waste pulp and other products such as are used for packaging or wrapping crockery and glass, ashes, cinders, floor sweepings, glass, mineral or metallic substances, and all other waste materials commonly produced by normal residential living, but specifically excluding those items designated as bulky waste, construction debris, dead animals, garbage, hazardous waste or stable matter, as prohibited by subsection 5-5-3B of this chapter.
RECYCLABLE MATERIALS: Discarded household items acceptable for recycling as described in the City current recycling collection and processing contract. A copy of the above contract is on file with the City Recorder and available for inspection during regular business hours of that office.
SOLID WASTE CONTAINER: Any container issued by the City and used in the City’s collection of green waste, mixed waste, or recyclable materials. (2001 Code § 70-2-101; amd. Ord. 20-03, 2-26-2020; Ord. 21-11, 3-24-2021)