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3. Definitions. For purposes of this Contract, the following terms shall have the <br />following meanings: <br />3.1. Collection Service. Collection Service is a private operation engaged in <br />collection and transportation of Waste Materials. <br />3.2. Container. Container means the can or cart or bin in which Refuse are <br />placed by residents. <br />3.3. Day -Certain Collection. Day -Certain Collection is a city -approved plan for <br />weekly Collection Services by an established day -certain schedule. This <br />schedule requires that a route must be collected on the same day of each <br />week and is based on a five (5) day, Monday through Friday, working week. <br />The only exceptions to the "day -certain" plan shall be during those weeks in <br />which occur legal holidays. <br />3.4. Compost. Compost includes grass clippings and leaves, and specifically <br />excludes brush and limbs, Recyclables, and Refuse. <br />3.5. Garbage. Garbage is organic waste, including discarded material resulting <br />from the handling, processing, storage, preparation, serving and <br />consumption <br />3. 6. Independent Contractor. Independent Contractor means person or persons <br />authorized by SPRI to perform refuse collection services on a prescribed <br />route within the City of Saint Paul. <br />3.7. Price. All costs of service. <br />3.8. Recyclables. Recyclables are reusable or reprocessable materials approved <br />and agreed to by the parties hereto. Recyclables may include such items as <br />newsprint, ledger paper, tin cans, aluminum, used motor oil, glass and <br />other metal goods and other materials if markets develop. Recyclables <br />specifically exclude Refuse and Compost. <br />3.9. Refuse. Refuse is putrescible and nonputrescible solid waste from <br />Residential Dwelling Units including Garbage and Rubbish, and specifically <br />excluding Compost, Recyclables, and Toxic and Hazardous Wastes. Refuse <br />further excludes industrial, commercial, agricultural, and construction <br />garbage or rubbish and wastes. <br />3.10. Residential Dwelling Unit. A Residential Dwelling Unit is any habitable <br />room or rooms located within a single building of four units or less used as <br />