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c. City. Refers to the City of Lino Lakes, Minnesota and also to the appropriate employee or office of the municipality authorized to act as its agent in handling the pertinent matter of the ordinance. d. Source -separated compostable materials. "Source separated compostable materials" means mixed municipal solid waste that: (1) is separated at the source by waste generators for the purpose of preparing it for use as compost; (2) is collected separately from other mixed municipal solid wastes; (3) is comprised of food wastes, fish and animal waste, plant materials, diapers, sanitary products, and paper that is not recyclable because the director has determined that no other person is willing to accept the paper for recycling; and (4) is delivered to a facility to undergo controlled microbial degradation to yield a humus - like product meeting the agency's class I or class II, or equivalent, compost standards and where process residues do not exceed 15 percent by weight of the total material delivered to the facility. e. Contractor or Solid Waste Collector. The licensed individual, firm, partnership, joint venture, corporation, or association performing refuse collection and disposal under contract with the city. f. Hazardous Waste. Waste designated as hazardous by the United States Environmental Protection Agency or appropriate state agency. Categories of hazardous waste materials include, but are not limited to: explosives, flammables, oxidizers, poisons, irritants, and corrosives. Hazardous waste does not include source, special nuclear, or by-product material as defined by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended. g Recyclables. Recyclable materials including aluminum cans, brown paper sacks, glass bottles & jars, newspaper, plastic containers with neck, scrap aluminum, corrugated cardboard, telephone books, office paper, junk majl, and tin cans. Recyclables shall also include any other sppcifically defined items of