As used in this chapter, the words below shall have the following definitions, unless the context specifically indicates otherwise:
means a person, company, agency, district, or other entity authorized by the City Council to provide collection services within the city limits in accordance with the provisions this Chapter.
means the State of California Code of Regulations. CCR references are preceded with a number that refers to the relevant Title of the CCR (e.g., "14 CCR" refers to Title 14 of CCR).
means the collection, transportation, processing and disposal of MSW, Recyclable Material, and Compostables by the Authorized Contractor pursuant to this Chapter and Chapter 5.61.
is defined in 14 CCR Section 18982(a)(6) and means a firm, partnership, proprietorship, joint-stock company, corporation, or association, whether for-profit or nonprofit, strip mall, industrial facility, or a Multi-Family Complex.
has the same meaning as in 14 CCR Section 17896.2(a)(4), and means those materials that are processed in a controlled biological decomposition process, which are source separated from the municipal solid waste stream. Compostables include food scraps, food soiled paper products, yard trimmings and wood materials and that do not contain hazardous waste.
includes waste building materials, packaging and rubble resulting from construction, remodeling, repair or demolition operations on pavements, houses, commercial and industrial buildings, and other structures and improvements.
means watertight metal or plastic objects with lids or covers provided by the City or Authorized Contractor that are designed, and used to hold MSW, Recyclable Material, Compostables, or cooking oil/grease prior to collection. Containers include wheeled carts with lids, bins, open-top roll-off boxes, compactors, and oil/grease tanks.
means the placing of materials in a Container that is labeled and intended for storage of another type of material, and which would either interfere with the processing of the material or reduce the quality and value of the recovered material. For example, placing metals or plastics in a container labeled "Yard Trimmings" constitutes Contamination because it would interfere with the equipment and processes used to compost or mulch the Yard Trimmings. Similarly, placing Food Scraps in a Container labeled "Recyclable Materials" would contaminate Recyclable Materials, making it more difficult to properly sort and process them for marketing.
means the Utilities Director of the City of Napa, or designee of the Utilities Director or City Manager.
means a walled structure for the storage of MSW, Recyclable Materials and Compostables Containers, with one or more gates for access.
means the "Solid Waste, Recyclable Materials and Compostables Enclosure Standards" adopted pursuant to Section 17.52.390 and any future revisions thereto.
means all surplus, spoiled or unsold food such as, but not limited to, fruits, vegetables, meat, poultry, seafood, shellfish, bones, rice, beans, pasta, bread, cheese, eggshells and solid fats, oils & grease (no liquids).
means compostable paper material that has come in contact with food or liquid, such as, but not limited to, compostable paper plates, paper coffee cups, napkins, pizza boxes, coffee filters, tea bags, wax paper, butcher paper and waxed cardboard, paper take out boxes, paper egg cartons, and milk cartons.
means to bring into existence or create, or to use, maintain or possess an item, material or product, the result of which such creation, bringing into existence, use, maintenance or possession is that the item, material or product first becomes, or is converted, transformed, evolved to, or deemed as MSW, Recyclable Materials, or Compostables. "Generate" shall not mean or include any form of activity, program, service of business by which MSW, Recyclable Materials or Compostables are in any manner collected or accumulated from another person, business, entity or establishment of any kind.
means any Person that Generates MSW, Recyclable Materials or Compostables.
means a residential premises with five or more dwelling units. Multi-Family Complexes do not include hotels, motels, or other transient occupancy facilities.
means all fractions of discarded putrescible and non-putrescible solid, semi-solid and liquid wastes, including trash, refuse, paper, rubbish, ashes, industrial wastes, construction and demolition debris, discarded home and industrial appliances, manure, vegetable or animal solid and semi-solid wastes, and other discarded substances or materials. MSW does not include:
Hazardous Waste, as defined in the State Public Resources Code Section 40141.
Low-level Radioactive waste regulated pursuant to the State Radiation Control Law (Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 114960) of Part 9 of Division 104 of the State Health and Safety Code).
Untreated medical waste which is regulated pursuant to the State Medical Waste Management Act (Part 14 (commencing with Section 117600) of Division 104 of the State Health and Safety Code). Untreated medical waste shall not be disposed of in a MSW landfill, as defined in State Public Resources Code Section 40195.1. Medical waste that has been treated and deemed to be MSW shall be regulated pursuant to Division 30 of the State Public Resources Code.
Recyclable Materials which have been source-separated and/or source and type-separated from other waste material by the Generator.
is defined in Section 1.04.030 of this code.
means material which otherwise would become or be treated as MSW but which, by means of a process of collecting, sorting, cleansing, treating and reconstructing, may be returned to the economic mainstream in the form of finished or source material for new, reused or reconstituted products, which may be used in the market place. "Recyclable Materials" includes paper, books, magazines, cardboard, box board, plastic, metal, glass, and other similar materials authorized by the city for collection by the Authorized Contractor.
includes single-family dwellings, Multi-Family Complexes (such as townhouses, apartments, and condominiums) and mobile home parks that are provided individual collection service at each dwelling unit, whether by means of walk-in or curbside collection, and which may be individually billed by the Authorized Contractor, or billed as part of a central billing process, by a home owners' association, landlord or property manager.
means a Person other than the Authorized Contractor, whose primary business is not waste hauling, who hauls MSW, Recyclable Material, or Compostables he or she has Generated to a transfer, processing, recovery, or disposal facility. Self-Hauler also includes a Person who back-hauls waste, or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR Section 18982(a)(66). Back-haul means Generating and transporting Compostables to a destination owned and operated by the Generator using the Generator's own employees and equipment, or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR Section 18982(a)(66)(A).
means of, from, or pertaining to any Residential Premises with fewer than five units.
means paper towels, tissue products, paper napkins, paper plates and cups, coffee filters, tea bags, waxed paper, butcher paper, paper take-out boxes and containers, greasy pizza boxes, paper bags and cardboard and wax-coated cardboard produce boxes. "Soiled Paper Products" does not include polystyrene (aka. Styrofoam), plastic-backed paper, blue-line paper or blueprints, diapers, kitty litter, any paper containing plastics, aluminum foil or foil-lined food wrap.
means those Recyclable Materials which satisfy each of the following requirements:
Have been segregated from MSW for handling different from that of MSW by or for the Generator thereof;
Are not commingled; and
After such segregation, contain no more than 5% by weight (measured by each load being transported, collected and/or disposed) of any residual or contaminant material which cannot be recycled, composted or similarly utilized, and which instead must be disposed of as MSW or otherwise.
means wood pieces or particles that are generated from the manufacturing or production of wood products, harvesting, processing or storage of raw wood materials, or construction and demolition activities. "Wood Material" does not include treated wood materials.
means tree trimmings, grass cuttings, leaves, branches, and similar organic materials, including vineyard clippings, sawdust, wooden chopsticks, and other clean wood items under 36 inches.
(O2022-001, 1/4/22)