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809. MIXED MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLABLE MATERIALS STORAGE .AID
<br />COLLECTION
<br />809.010. PURPOSE AND INTENT. It is the intent of the City Council of the City of Little
<br />Canada, by means of this ordinance, to establish a system of complete regular mixed municipal solid
<br />waste, recyclables, and yard waste collection throughout the City in order to insure that the disposal
<br />of such materials is accomplished in a sanitary manner, safeguarding the health of the residents of
<br />the City, and to implement the State of Minnesota's recycling and solid waste reduction mandates.
<br />809.020. DEFINITIONS. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
<br />respective meanings ascribed to them:
<br />(A) Bulky Items. Large household items, including refrigerators, stoves, dishwashers,
<br />washers and dryers, water heaters, carpeting and padding, mattresses, chairs, couches, tables, and
<br />other such items of furniture.
<br />(B) Collection. The aggregation of waste from the place at which it is generated and
<br />includes all activities up to the time the waste is delivered to a waste facility.
<br />(C) Construction Debris. Construction debris means waste building materials, packaging,
<br />and rubble resulting from construction, remodeling, repair and demolition of buildings and road.
<br />(D) Day- Certain Collection. Day- certain collection is a City approved plan for weekly
<br />collection services by an established day- certain schedule. This schedule requires refuse, yard waste
<br />and recyclable collection on the same day of each week and is based on a five day, Monday through
<br />Friday, work week. The only exceptions to the "day- certain" plan shall be during those weeks in
<br />which legal holidays occur.
<br />(E) Disposal. The discharge, deposit, injection, dumping, spilling, leaking or placing of
<br />any waste into or on any land or waterbody so that the waste or any constituent thereof may enter the
<br />environment or be emitted into the air, or discharged into any waters, including ground waters.
<br />(F) Hazardous Waste. Hazardous waste means refuse, sludge, or other waste material
<br />or combinations of mixed municipal solid waste, sludge or other waste materials in solid, semisolid,
<br />liquor or contained gaseous form which, because of its quantity, concentration, or chemical, physical
<br />or infectious characteristics, may (1) cause or significantly contribute to an increase in mortality or
<br />an increase in serious irreversible, or incapacitating reversible illness; or (2) pose a substantial
<br />present or potential hazard to human health or the environment when improperly treated, stored,
<br />transported, or disposed of, or otherwise managed. Categories of hazardous waste material include,
<br />but are not limited to: explosives, flammables, oxidizers, poisons, irritants, and corrosives.
<br />Hazardous waste does not include source, special nuclear, or by- product materials as defined by the
<br />Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended.
<br />(G) Household Hazardous Waste. Household hazardous waste means those wastes that
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