For the purposes of this chapter, the following words, terms, and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

A. "Access" means the implementation of a recycling program that provides the opportunity to recycle for residents, tenants, or occupants of all buildings. The recycling program must be as convenient as rubbish collection whenever possible.

B. "Bluebox or Household Recycling Receptacle" means a rectangular plastic box of approximately twelve (12) to eighteen(18) gallons, designed for use as a curbside set out container for recyclable materials.

C. "Cart" means a barrel of approximately thirty (30) to one hundred (100) gallons with wheels and a lid used for storage of recyclables and designed for mechanical loading into a recyclables collection vehicle.

D. "City" means the city of Springfield, Massachusetts.

E. "Commercial Recycling Plan Form" means the form required by the department of public works to be submitted by each property owner or manager of a city business or non-profit establishment with one hundred (100) or more employees or buildings with an aggregate of at least one hundred (100) employees that identify their compliance with the requirement to offer access to a recycling program.

F. "Designated Hauler" means a company in the business of collecting and transporting recyclables generated in the city to the Springfield Materials Recovery Facility (MRF), and entering in an agreement with the city of Springfield, by which terms that the hauler is entitled to bring recyclables to the MRF.

G. "Director" means the director of department of public works or his/her duly authorized representative.

H. "Drop-off" means the transport and deposit of recyclable materials at a city approved location.

I. "Dwelling Unit" means any building or portion thereof that contains living facilities (which provide for sleeping, eating, cooking, and sanitation) for not more than one (1) household.

J. "Hazardous waste" means all waste of an ignitable, corrosive, reactive or toxic nature.

K. "Haulers Reporting Form" means the form required by the department of public works to be submitted by each hauler working in the city that allows them to report on the status of the recycling program for each of their multiple family building customers.

L. "Multiple Community Loads" mean paper or containers that have been collected from two (2) or more communities.

M. "Multi-Family Complex" means a building parcel located in the city that contains forty (40) or more dwelling units.

N. "Multi-Family Building" means any residential building with four (4) or more dwelling units and less than forty (40), including apartments, cooperatives, condominiums, group houses, rooming houses or boarding houses.

O. "Multiple-Family Recycling Plan Form" means the form required by the department of public works to be submitted by each property owner or manager of a multi-family complex that identifies how they are complying with the requirement to offer their tenants with access to a recycling program.

P. "Property Owners and Managers" mean those individuals or businesses responsible for providing waste management services for a building located in the City.

Q. "Recyclables or Recyclable Materials" mean the discarded non-hazardous waste material that may be reclaimed and is considered to be marketable. Such material shall include initially newspaper, corrugated cardboard, white paper, magazines, telephone books, milk and juice cartons, drink boxes, plastic bottles #1 - #7, unbroken containers of flint, green and brown glass, tin (steel) cans, and aluminum cans and foil. The list of recyclables may be expanded or contracted from time to time as determined by the director of public works.

(added 10/05/1999)