No provision of this Chapter shall prevent residential householders from collecting and disposing of occasional loads of solid waste generated in or on their residential premises, or from composting green waste, or from selling or disposing of recyclables generated in or on their residential premises. No residential householder shall employ or use any person other than the franchised residential collector to haul or transport such materials to a transfer station or landfill for a fee, charge or other consideration.
(Ord. 91-956 § 2; Ord. 91-959 § 1)
No provisions of this Chapter shall prevent a gardener, tree trimmer or person engaged in a similar trade from collecting and disposing of grass cuttings, prunings, and other similar material not containing garbage as an incidental portion of providing such gardening, tree trimming or similar service.
(Ord. 91-956 § 2; Ord. 91-959 § 1)
(a) 
Source Separated Recyclables.
(1) 
No provision of this Chapter shall prevent a commercial/industrial business owner from selling to a buyer, for a monetary or other valuable consideration, any source separated recyclables, including without limitation, any saleable scrap, discard, reject, by-product, ferrous or nonferrous metal, worn-out or defective part, junk, pallet, packaging material, paper or other similar item generated in, on or by a commercial/industrial premises or business and no longer useful to such commercial/industrial business but having market value, whether such buyer is a recycler, junk dealer, or other enterprise engaged in the business of buying and marketing such materials in the stream of commerce, provided however, that such buyer is not engaged in the business of collecting solid waste for a fee or other charge or consideration and that no such materials are transported to a landfill or transfer station (as defined in Public Resources Code Section 40200) for disposition. "Source separated recyclables" within the meaning of this Section shall mean recyclables separated on the commercial/industrial premises from solid waste for the purpose of sale, not mixed with or containing more than incidental or minimal solid waste, and having a market value.
(2) 
No provision of this Chapter shall prevent a recycler, junk dealer or other enterprise engaged in the business of buying and marketing such materials in the stream of commerce and who is not engaged in the business of collecting solid waste or providing solid waste collection services for a fee or other charge, or consideration, from buying any materials mentioned in this subsection (a) for a monetary or other valuable consideration and who buys such materials for marketing and not for disposition in a landfill or transfer station (as defined in Public Resources Code Section 40200), nor shall any provision of this Chapter prevent such recycler, junk dealer or enterprise who buys such materials from removing and transporting such materials to a destination for marketing in the stream of commerce. No such buyer shall buy or transport such material without a business license issued by the City of Carson, as required by the Carson Municipal Code.
(b) 
Renovation, Rebuilding, Repairs. No provision of this Chapter shall prevent a commercial/industrial business owner from arranging for any worn, spent, defective or other part or equipment used in such commercial/industrial business and requiring renovation, rebuilding, recharging, regeneration or repair, to be picked up, renovated, rebuilt, recharged, regenerated or otherwise restored and repaired and returned to such commercial/industrial business owner, nor shall any provision of this Chapter prevent any person engaged in the business of renovating, rebuilding, recharging, regenerating, or otherwise restoring or repairing such part or equipment from transporting the same from or returning it to the commercial/industrial business or from removing, transporting or disposing of any such part of equipment replaced as a part of a repair or equipment service contract.
(Ord. 91-959 § 2)
No provision of this Chapter shall prevent a licensed contractor having a contract for the demolition and/or reconstruction of a building, structure, pavement, or concrete installation from marketing any saleable items salvaged from such demolition or reconstruction, or from having such salvageable items or demolition waste removed and transported from the premises on which such waste is generated, pursuant to the provisions of the demolition and/or construction contract; provided, that such demolition waste is not transported to a transfer station or landfill.
(Ord. 91-959 § 2)
No provision of this Chapter shall prevent a confidential or sensitive document destruction service from transporting or disposing of documents by shredding, lumping, incinerating, or other means, as a part of such document destruction service.
(Ord. 91-959 § 2)