California Code of Regulations › Title 14 - Natural Resources › Division 7 - Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery › Chapter 9 - Planning Guidelines and Procedures for Preparing and Revising Countywide Integrated Waste Management Plans › Article 3 - Definitions › Section 18720 - Definitions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) The following
				  definitions shall apply to the regulations contained in this chapter.
(1) Agricultural wastes.
"Agricultural wastes" means solid wastes of plant and
					 animal origin, which result from the production and processing of farm or
					 agricultural products, including manures, orchard and vineyard prunings, and
					 crop residues, which are removed from the site of generation for solid waste
					 management. Agricultural refers to SIC Codes 011 through 0291.
(2) Aluminum can or aluminum container.
"Aluminum can" or "aluminum container" means any food or
					 beverage container that is composed of at least 94% aluminum.
(3) Asbestos.
"Asbestos" means fibrous forms of various hydrated
					 minerals, including chrysotile (fibrous serpentine), crocidolite (fibrous
					 reibecktite), amosite (fibrous cummingtonite-grunerite), fibrous tremolite,
					 fibrous actinolite, and fibrous anthophyllite.
(4) Ash.
"Ash" or "ashes" means the residue from the combustion of
					 any solid or liquid material.
(5) Bi-metal container.
"Bi-metal container" means any metal container composed of
					 at least two different types of metals, such as a steel container with an
					 aluminum top.
(6) Best
				  readily available and applicable data or representative data.
"Best readily available and applicable data" or
					 "representative data" means information that is available to a jurisdiction
					 from published sources, field sampling, the Board, or other identifiable
					 entities which is the most current data and which addresses the situation being
					 examined.
(7) Buy-back
				  recycling center.
"Buy-back recycling center" means a facility which pays a
					 fee for the delivery and transfer of ownership to the facility of source
					 separated materials, for the purpose of recycling or
					 composting.
(8) Capital
				  costs.
"Capital costs" means those direct costs incurred in order
					 to acquire real property assets such as land, buildings and building additions;
					 site improvements; machinery; and equipment.
(9) Commercial solid wastes.
"Commercial solid waste" means solid waste originating from
					 stores, business offices, commercial warehouses, hospitals, educational, health
					 care, military, and correctional institutions, non-profit research
					 organizations, and government offices. Commercial solid waste refers to SIC
					 Codes 401 through 4939, 4961, and 4971 (transportation, communications and
					 utilities), 501 through 5999 (wholesale and retail trade), 601 through 679
					 (finance, insurance and real estate), 701 through 8748 (public and private
					 service industries such as hospitals and hotels), and 911 through 9721 (public
					 administration). Commercial solid wastes do not include construction and
					 demolition waste.
(10)
				  Commercial unit.
"Commercial unit" means a site zoned for a commercial
					 business and which generates commercial solid wastes.
(11) Composition.
"Composition" means a set of identified solid waste
					 materials, categorized into waste categories and waste types pursuant to
					 sections 18722(i) and (j)
					 of article 6.1 of this chapter.
(12) Composting.
"Composting" means a method of waste treatment which
					 produces a product meeting the definition of "compost" in Public Resources Code
					 section
					 40116.
(13) Composting facility.
"Composting facility" means a permitted solid waste
					 facility at which composting is conducted and which produces a product meeting
					 the definition of "compost" in Public Resources Code section
					 40116.
(14) Construction and demolition waste.
"Construction and demolition waste" includes solid wastes,
					 such as building materials; and packaging and rubble resulting from
					 construction, remodeling, repair and demolition operations on pavements,
					 houses, commercial buildings, and other structures. Construction refers to SIC
					 Codes 152 through 1794, 1796, and 1799. Demolition refers to SIC Code
					 1795.
(15) Corrugated
				  Container.
"Corrugated container" means a paperboard container
					 fabricated from two layers of kraft linerboard sandwiched around a corrugating
					 medium. Kraft linerboard means paperboard made from wood pulp produced by a
					 modified sulfate pulping process, with basis weight ranging from 18 to 200
					 pounds, manufactured for use as facing material for corrugated or solid fiber
					 containers. Linerboard also may mean that material which is made from reclaimed
					 paper stock. Corrugating medium means paperboard made from chemical or
					 semichemical wood pulps, straw or reclaimed paper stock, and folded to form
					 permanent corrugations. Corrugated container refers to SIC Code
					 2653.
(16) Cost-effective.
"Cost-effective" means a measurement of cost compared to an
					 unvalued output (e.g., the cost per ton of solid waste collected) such that the
					 lower the cost, the more cost-effective the action.
(17) Disposal.
"Disposal" means the management of solid waste through
					 landfilling or transformation at permitted solid waste
					 facilities.
(18) Disposal
				  capacity.
"Disposal capacity" means the capacity, expressed in either
					 weight in tons or its volumetric equivalent in cubic yards, which is either
					 currently available at a permitted solid waste landfill, or will be needed for
					 the disposal of solid waste generated within the jurisdiction over a specified
					 period of time.
(19)
				  Diversion Alternative.
"Diversion alternative" means any activity, existing or
					 occurring in the future, which has been, is, or will be implemented by a
					 jurisdiction which could result in or promote the diversion of solid waste,
					 through source reduction, recycling or composting, from solid waste landfills
					 and transformation facilities.
(20) Drop-off recycling center.
"Drop-off recycling center" means a facility which accepts
					 delivery or transfer of ownership of source separated materials for the purpose
					 of recycling or composting, without paying a fee. Donation of materials to
					 collection organizations, such as charitable groups, is included in this
					 definition.
(21) Durability.
"Durability" means the ability of a product to be used for
					 its intended purpose for a period greater than the mean useful product life
					 span of similar products.
(22) End market or end use.
"End market" or "end use" means the use or uses of a
					 diverted material or product which has been returned to the economic
					 mainstream, whether or not this return is through sale of the material or
					 product. The material or product can have a value which is less than the solid
					 waste disposal cost.
(23)
				  Feasible.
"Feasible" means that a specified program, method, or other
					 activity can, on the basis of cost, technical requirements and time frame for
					 accomplishment, be undertaken to achieve the objectives and tasks identified by
					 a jurisdiction in a Countywide Integrated Waste Management
					 Plan.
(24) Ferrous metals.
"Ferrous metals" means any iron or steel scrap which has an
					 iron content sufficient for magnetic separation.
(25) Food waste.
"Food waste" means all animal and vegetable solid wastes
					 generated by food facilities, as defined in California Health and Safety Code
					 section
					 27521,
					 or from residences, that result from the storage, preparation, cooking, or
					 handling of food.
(26)
				  Hazard.
"Hazard" means having one or more of the characteristics
					 that cause a substance or combination of substances to qualify as a hazardous
					 material, as defined by section
					 66084 of title 22 of the
					 California Code of Regulations.
(27) Household hazardous waste.
"Household hazardous wastes" are those wastes resulting
					 from products purchased by the general public for household use which, because
					 of their quantity, concentration, or physical, chemical, or infectious
					 characteristics, may pose a substantial known or potential hazard to human
					 health or the environment when improperly treated, disposed, or otherwise
					 managed.
(28) Household
				  hazardous waste collection.
"Household hazardous waste collection" means a program
					 activity in which household hazardous wastes are brought to a designated
					 collection point where the household hazardous wastes are separated for
					 temporary storage and ultimate recycling, treatment, or
					 disposal.
(29)
				  Implementation.
"Implementation" means the accomplishment of the program
					 tasks as identified in each component required by section
					 18733 of this
					 chapter.
(30) Industrial
				  solid waste.
"Industrial solid waste" means solid waste originating from
					 mechanized manufacturing facilities, factories, refineries, construction and
					 demolition projects, and publicly operated treatment works, and/or solid wastes
					 placed in debris boxes.
(31)
				  Industrial unit.
"Industrial unit" means a site zoned for an industrial
					 business and which generates industrial solid wastes.
(32) Inert solids or inert waste.
"Inert solids" or "inert waste" means a non-liquid solid
					 waste including, but not limited to, soil and concrete, that does not contain
					 hazardous waste or soluble pollutants at concentrations in excess of
					 water-quality objectives established by a regional water board pursuant to
					 division 7 (commencing with section
					 13000) of the California Water
					 Code and does not contain significant quantities of decomposable solid
					 waste.
(33) Jurisdiction.
"Jurisdiction" means the city or county responsible for
					 preparing any one or all of the following: the Countywide Integrated Waste
					 Management Plan, or the Countywide Siting Element, or the Source Reduction and
					 Recycling Element.
(34)
				  Marine wastes.
"Marine wastes" means solid wastes generated from marine
					 vessels and ocean work platforms, solid wastes washed onto ocean beaches, and
					 litter discarded on ocean beaches.
(35) Market development.
"Market development" means a method of increasing the
					 demand for recovered materials so that end markets for the materials are
					 established, improved or stabilized and thereby become more
					 reliable.
(36) Materials
				  recovery facility.
"Materials recovery facility" means a permitted solid waste
					 facility where solid wastes or recyclable materials are sorted or separated, by
					 hand or by use of machinery, for the purposes of recycling or
					 composting.
(37) Medium-term
				  planning period.
"Medium-term planning period" means a period beginning in
					 the year 1996 and ending in the year 2000.
(38) Mixed paper.
"Mixed paper" means a waste type which is a mixture,
					 unsegregated by color or quality, of at least two of the following paper
					 wastes: newspaper, corrugated cardboard, office paper, computer paper, white
					 paper, coated paper stock, or other paper wastes.
(39) Model component format.
"Model component format" means that format described in
					 sections 18733.1 through
					 18733.6 of article 6.2 of this
					 chapter which shall be used for preparation of several of the individual
					 components of a SRR Element.
(40) Municipal solid waste or MSW.
"Municipal solid waste" or "MSW" means all solid wastes
					 generated by residential, commercial, and industrial sources, and all solid
					 waste generated at construction and demolition sites, at food-processing
					 facilities, and at treatment works for water and waste water, which are
					 collected and transported under the authorization of a jurisdiction or are
					 self-hauled. Municipal solid waste does not include agricultural crop residues
					 (SIC Codes 071 through 0724, 0751), animal manures (SIC Code 0751), mining
					 waste and fuel extraction waste (SIC Codes 101 through 1499), forestry wastes
					 (SIC Codes 081 through 0851, 2411 and 2421), and ash from industrial boilers,
					 furnaces and incinerators.
(41) Non-ferrous metals.
"Non-Ferrous metals" means any metal scraps that have
					 value, and that are derived from metals other than iron and its alloys in
					 steel, such as aluminum, copper, brass, bronze, lead, zinc and other metals,
					 and to which a magnet will not adhere.
(42) Non-recyclable paper.
"Non-recyclable paper" means discarded paper which has no
					 market value because of its physical or chemical or biological characteristics
					 or properties.
(43)
				  Non-renewable resource.
"Non-renewable resource" means a resource which cannot be
					 replenished, such as those resources derived from fossil
					 fuels.
(44) Normally
				  disposed of.
"Normally disposed of" refers to those waste categories and
					 waste types which:
1) have been
				  demonstrated by the Solid Waste Generation Study, conducted pursuant to section
				  18722 of this chapter, to
				  constitute at least 0.001% of the total weight of solid wastes disposed in a
				  solid waste stream attributed to the jurisdiction as of January 1,
				  1990;
2) which are deposited at
				  permitted solid waste landfills or transformation facilities subsequent to any
				  recycling or composting activities at those solid waste facilities;
				  and
3) which are allowed to be
				  considered in the establishment of the base amount of solid waste from which
				  source reduction, recycling, and composting levels shall be calculated,
				  pursuant to the limitations listed in Public Resources Code section
				  41781(b).
(45) Old newspaper.
"Old newspaper" means any newsprint which is separated from
					 other types of solid waste or collected separately from other types of solid
					 waste and made available for reuse and which may be used as a raw material in
					 the manufacture of a new paper product.
(46) Operational costs.
"Operational costs" means those direct costs incurred in
					 maintaining the ongoing operation of a program or facility. Operational costs
					 do not include capital costs.
(47) Organic waste.
"Organic waste" means solid wastes originated from living
					 organisms and their metabolic waste products, and from petroleum, which contain
					 naturally produced organic compounds, and which are biologically decomposable
					 by microbial and fungal action into the constituent compounds of water, carbon
					 dioxide, and other simpler organic compounds.
(48) Other plastics.
"Other plastics" means all waste plastics except
					 polyethylene terephthalate (PET) containers, film plastics, and high density
					 polyethylene (HDPE) containers.
(49) Permitted capacity.
"Permitted capacity" means that volume in cubic yards or
					 weight in tons which a solid waste facility is allowed to receive, on a
					 periodic basis, under the terms and conditions of that solid waste facility's
					 current Solid Waste Facilities Permit issued by the local enforcement agency
					 and concurred in by the California Integrated Waste Management
					 Board.
(50) Permitted
				  landfill.
"Permitted landfill" means a solid waste landfill for which
					 there exists a current Solid Waste Facilities Permit issued by the local
					 enforcement agency and concurred in by the California Integrated Waste
					 Management Board, or which is permitted under the regulatory scheme of another
					 state.
(51) Permitted solid
				  waste facility.
"Permitted solid waste facility" means a solid waste
					 facility for which there exists a Solid Waste Facilities Permit issued by the
					 local enforcement agency and concurred in by the California Integrated Waste
					 Management Board, or which is permitted under the regulatory scheme of another
					 state.
(52) Plan or
				  Countywide Integrated Waste Management Plan.
"Plan" or "Countywide Integrated Waste Management Plan"
					 means the Countywide Integrated Waste Management Plan as defined in section
					 41750
					 of the Public Resources Code.
(53) Program.
"Program" means the full range of source reduction,
					 recycling, composting, special waste, or household hazardous waste activities
					 undertaken by or in the jurisdiction or relating to management of the
					 jurisdiction's waste stream to achieve the objectives identified in the Source
					 Reduction, Recycling, Composting, and Special Waste components, and Household
					 Hazardous Waste Element, respectively.
(54) Purchase preference.
"Purchase preference" means a preference provided to a
					 wholesale or retail commodity dealer which is based upon the percentage amount
					 that the costs of products made from recycled materials may exceed that of
					 similar non-recycled products and still be deemed the lowest
					 bid.
(55) Rate structure.
"Rate structure" means that set of prices established by a
					 jurisdiction, special district (as defined in Government Code section
					 56036), or
					 other rate setting authority to compensate the jurisdiction, special district
					 or rate setting authority for the partial or full costs of the collection,
					 processing, recycling, composting, and/or transformation or landfill disposal
					 of solid wastes.
(56)
				  Recovered material.
"Recovered material" means material which has been
					 retrieved or diverted from disposal or transformation for the purpose of
					 recycling, reuse or composting. "Recovered material" does not include those
					 materials generated from and reused on site for manufacturing
					 purposes.
(57) Region.
"Region" means the combined geographic area of two or more
					 incorporated areas; two or more unincorporated areas; or any combination of
					 incorporated and unincorporated areas.
(58) Repairability.
"Repairability" means the ability of a product or package
					 to be restored to a working or usable state at a cost which is less than the
					 replacement cost of the product or package.
(59) Residential solid waste.
"Residential solid waste" means solid waste originating
					 from single-family or multiple family dwellings.
(60) Residential unit.
"Residential unit" means a site occupied by a building
					 which is zoned for residential occupation and whose occupants generate
					 residential solid wastes.
(61) Reusability.
"Reusability" means the ability of a product or package to
					 be used more than once in its same form.
(62) Re-use.
"Re-use" means the use, in the same form as it was
					 produced, of a material which might otherwise be discarded.
(63) Rubber.
"Rubber" means an amorphous polymer of isoprene derived
					 from natural latex of certain tropical plants or from
					 petroleum.
(64) Salvage.
"Salvage" means the controlled removal of solid waste
					 materials at a permitted solid waste facility for recycling, re-use,
					 composting, or transformation.
(65) Seasonal.
"Seasonal" means those periods of time during the calendar
					 year which are identifiable by distinct cyclical patterns of local climate,
					 demography, trade or commerce.
(66) Sewage sludge.
"Sewage sludge" means residual solids and semi-solids
					 resulting from the treatment of waste water, but does not include waste water
					 effluent discharged from such treatment processes.
(67) Short-term planning period.
"Short-term planning period" means a period beginning in
					 the year 1991 and ending in the year 1995.
(68) SIC Code.
"SIC Code" means the standards published in the U.S.
					 Standard Industrial Classification Manual (1987), which is herein incorporated
					 by reference.
(69) Sludge.
"Sludge" means residual solids and semi-solids resulting
					 from the treatment of water, waste water, and/or other liquids. Sludge includes
					 sewage sludge and sludge derived from industrial processes, but does not
					 include effluent discharged from such treatment processes.
(70) Solid Waste Generation Study.
"Solid Waste Generation Study" means the study undertaken
					 by a jurisdiction to characterize its solid waste stream and comply with all
					 the requirements of sections
					 18722,
					 18724, and
					 18726 of this
					 chapter.
(71) Source
				  Reduction and Recycling Element or SRR Element.
"Source Reduction and Recycling Element" or "SRR Element"
					 means the source reduction and recycling element required pursuant to Public
					 Resources Code sections
					 41000
					 and
					 41300.
(72) Source separated.
"Source separated" describes the segregation, by the
					 generator, of materials designated for separate collection for some form of
					 materials recovery or special handling.
(73) Special waste.
"Special waste" means any hazardous waste listed in section
					 66261.120 of title 22 of the
					 California Code of Regulations, or any waste which has been classified as a
					 special waste pursuant to section
					 66261.122 of title 22 of the
					 California Code of Regulations, or which has been granted a variance for the
					 purpose of storage, transportation, treatment, or disposal by the Department of
					 Health Services pursuant to section
					 66261.126 of title 22 of the
					 California Code of Regulations. Special waste also includes any solid waste
					 which, because of its source of generation, physical, chemical or biological
					 characteristics or unique disposal practices, is specifically conditioned in a
					 solid waste facilities permit for handling and/or disposal.
(74) Statistically representative.
"Statistically representative" means those representative
					 and random samples of units that are taken from a population sample, pursuant
					 to the procedures given in appendix 1 of article 6.1 of this chapter. For the
					 purposes of this definition, population sample includes, but is not limited to,
					 a sample from a population of solid waste generation sites, solid waste
					 facilities and recycling facilities, or a population of items of materials and
					 solid wastes in a refuse vehicle load of solid waste.
(75) Tin can or tin container.
"Tin can" or "tin container" means any food or beverage
					 container that is composed of steel with a tin coating.
(76) Ton.
"Ton" means a unit of weight in the U.S. Customary System
					 of Measurement, an avoirdupois unit equal to 2,000 pounds. Also called short
					 ton or net ton.
(77)
				  Transformation facility.
"Transformation facility" means a facility whose principal
					 function is to convert, combust, or otherwise process solid waste by
					 incineration, pyrolysis, destructive distillation, or gasification, or to
					 chemically or biologically process solid wastes, for the purpose of volume
					 reduction, synthetic fuel production, or energy recovery. Transformation
					 facility does not include a composting facility.
(78) Volume.
"Volume" means a three dimensional measurement of the
					 capacity of a region of space or a container. Volume is commonly expressed in
					 terms of cubic yards or cubic meters. Volume is not expressed in terms of mass
					 or weight.
(79) Waste
				  categories.
"Waste categories" means the grouping of solid wastes with
					 similar properties into major solid waste classes, such as grouping together
					 office, corrugated and newspaper as a paper waste category, as identified by
					 the solid waste classification system contained in section
					 18722 of article 6.1 of this
					 chapter, except where a component-specific requirement provides alternative
					 means of classification.
(80) Waste diversion.
"Waste diversion" means to divert solid waste, in
					 accordance with all applicable federal, state and local requirements, from
					 disposal at solid waste landfills or transformation facilities through source
					 reduction, recycling or composting.
(81) Waste generator.
"Waste generator" means any person, as defined by section
					 40170
					 of the Public Resources Code, whose act or process produces solid waste as
					 defined in Public Resources Code section
					 40191,
					 or whose act first causes solid waste to become subject to
					 regulation.
(82) Waste type.
"Waste type" means identified wastes having the features of
					 a group or class of wastes which are distinguishable from any other waste type,
					 as identified by the waste classification system contained in section
					 18722 of article 6.1 of this
					 chapter, except where a component-specific requirement provides alternative
					 means of classification.
(83) White goods.
"White goods" means discarded, enamel-coated major
					 appliances, such as washing machines, clothes dryers, hot water heaters, stoves
					 and refrigerators.
(84) Wood
				  waste.
"Wood waste" means solid waste consisting of wood pieces or
					 particles which are generated from the manufacturing or production of wood
					 products, harvesting, processing or storage of raw wood materials, or
					 construction and demolition activities.
(85) Yard waste.
"Yard waste" means any wastes generated from the
					 maintenance or alteration of public, commercial or residential landscapes
					 including, but not limited to, yard clippings, leaves, tree trimmings,
					 prunings, brush, and weeds.