Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 282 - DEPOSIT BEVERAGE CONTAINER RECYCLING › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 11-282-03 - Definitions

Current through June, 2024
The following definitions shall apply whenever the terms
					 are used in this chapter:
"Applicant" means the person who has the authority to
					 legally bind a redemption center to a contract.
"Certification" means an official document issued by the
					 department of health that identifies a redemption center as being certified by
					 the department.
"Certified" means a redemption center that has met the
					 minimum requirements established by the department as defined in section
					 11-282-42.
"Consumer" means a person who buys a beverage in a deposit
					 beverage container for use or consumption and pays the deposit.
"Director" means the director of health.
"Facility" means all contiguous land including buffer
					 zones and structures, other appurtenances, and improvements on the land used
					 for the handling of solid waste.
"High-density population area" means all United States
					 Postal Service Zip Code areas on Oahu, which contain three or more dealers of
					 five thousand or more square feet of interior space; or a resident population
					 of 17,500 or greater.
"Manufactured" means the completely filled bottles, cans,
					 or other deposit beverage containers, which are inventoried for sale or
					 distribution.
"Manufacturer" means any person who bottles, cans, or
					 otherwise fills deposit beverage containers for sale to distributors, dealers
					 or consumers.
"Material" means the physical substance used to
					 manufacture a deposit beverage container including, but not limited to,
					 plastic, aluminum, metal, or glass.
"Mixed spirits" means a deposit beverage containing
					 distilled spirits and added natural or artificial blending material such as
					 fruit juices, flavors, flavorings, colorings, or preservatives, and which
					 contain less than fifteen per cent of alcohol by volume.
"Mixed wine" means a deposit beverage containing wine and
					 more than fifteen per cent added natural or artificial blending material such
					 as fruit juices, flavors, flavorings, or adjuncts, water (plain, carbonated, or
					 sparkling), colorings, or preservatives, and which contain less than seven per
					 cent of alcohol by volume.
"Recycling" means the collection, separation, recovery,
					 and sale or reuse of secondary resources that would otherwise be disposed of as
					 municipal solid waste, and is an integral part of a manufacturing process aimed
					 at producing a marketable product made of post consumer material.
"Recycling facility" means all contiguous land and
					 structures and other appurtenances, and improvements on the land used for
					 collection, separation, recovery, and sale or reuse of secondary resources that
					 would otherwise be disposed of as municipal solid waste, and is an integral
					 part of the manufacturing process aimed at producing a marketable product made
					 of post consumer material.
"Refund value" means the amount of the deposit established
					 under chapter
					 342G, part VIII, HRS.
"Rural area" means a non-high density population
					 area.
"Segregated" means divided by material type and that such
					 divided load consists of 100% Hawaii refund value material.
"Segregated rate" means a payment rate set by the
					 department for loads of segregated deposit beverage containers assessed by
					 weight.