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Subd. 4 2. COMPOSTING: Has the meaning as set forth in Minnesota Statutes and rules of
<br /> the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and sShall include plant materials, such as grass,
<br /> leaves, straw and non-woody plant materials and residential food wastes, stored on a
<br /> person's property for the purposes of recycling organic materials as a soil conditioner.
<br /> Subd 5. DUMPSTER: Shall have the commonly used meaning in the solid waste
<br /> industry of a commercial garbage container made of metal or durable plastic with a lid
<br /> that can be serviced by a front-end loading automated or rear-loading semi-automated
<br /> garbage truck.
<br /> Subd. 6. ELECTRONIC WASTE (electronic items): Shall have the meaning as set forth in
<br /> Minnesota Statutes and shall mean items such as television and computer monitors,
<br /> computers, computer peripheral devices, fax machines, DVD players, video cassette
<br /> recorders, other video display devices, cell phones and other small appliances with an
<br /> electric cord.
<br /> Subd. 7. FOOD WASTE: Includes meal preparation and left over food scraps from
<br /> households intentionally separated at the source by residents for the purpose of backyard
<br /> composting or separate collection for centralized recovery.
<br /> Subd. 8 4. GARBAGE: Shall have the meaning as set forth in Minnesota Statutes, mixed
<br /> municipal solid waste, and means solid waste from residential, commercial, industrial, and
<br /> community activities that the generator of the waste aggregates for collection, but does not
<br /> include auto hulks, street sweepings, ash, construction debris, mining waste, sludges, tree
<br /> and agricultural waste, tires, lead acid batteries, motor and vehicle fluids and filters, and
<br /> other materials collected, processed, and disposed of as separate waste. Shall include only
<br /> any source.
<br /> Subd. 9 4. HAULER: Shall include a collector or transporter of garbage, rubbish, recyclable
<br /> materials, bulky waste, electronic waste, source-separated compostable materials or yard
<br /> waste.
<br /> Subd. 10. HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE: Shall have the meaning as set forth in
<br /> Minnesota Statutes and/or Minnesota Pollution Control Agency regulations and means
<br /> waste generated from household activities that exhibits the characteristics of or that is
<br /> listed as hazardous waste under agency rules, but does not include waste from
<br /> commercial activities that is generated, stored, or present in a household and includes
<br /> items such as paint, fluorescent light bulbs, mercury thermometers, cleaning fluids,
<br /> herbicides, pesticides, fertilizers and other such defined wastes.
<br /> Subd. 11. LEGAL HOLIDAYS: For the purposes of this Chapter Legal Holidays shall be
<br /> New Year's Day, Memorial Day, 4th of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and
<br /> Christmas Day.
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