Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 340 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Division 90 - RECYCLING AND WASTE REDUCTION › Section 340-090-0630 - Recycling Acceptance Lists

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1)
			 Recycling list definitions. For purposes of the recycling acceptance lists
			 under sections 2 and 3 of this rule, the terms below have the following
			 meanings:
(a) "Aerosol can" has the same
			 meaning found in 40 CFR
			 273.9.
(b) "Aseptic carton" means a shelf-stable
			 package made for a food or beverage product that is made mainly of paperboard,
			 but also includes protective layers of polyethylene and aluminum.
(c) "Bottle" means a rigid container with or
			 without a handle and with a neck or mouth smaller than the base.
(d) "Cap" means a rigid closure for tubs or
			 bottles that has a fastening feature that involves threads.
(e) "HDPE" means high density
			 polyethylene.
(f) "Lid" means a
			 rigid closure for tubs that has a fastening feature other than
			 threads.
(g) "Non-metallized gift
			 wrap" means paper gift wrap devoid of non-paper additives like metallic flakes,
			 glitter, metalized mylar or any similar material.
(h) "PE" means polyethylene and includes
			 HDPE, low density polyethylene and linear low density polyethylene.
(i) "PET" means polyethylene
			 terephthalate.
(j) "PP" means
			 polypropylene.
(k) "Pressurized
			 cylinder" means any packaging containing flammable pressurized gas, helium or
			 carbon dioxide, including, but not limited to, seamless cylinders and tubes,
			 welded cylinders and insulated cylinders intended to contain helium, carbon
			 dioxide or flammable materials such as propane, butane or other flammable
			 compressed gases. "Pressurized cylinder" does not include:
(A) any cylinder, tube or container intended
			 to deliver a product that is not a compressed gas;
(B) liquified petroleum gas containers that
			 are designed to be refilled;
(C)
			 any other cylinder, tube or container that is designed to be refilled and which
			 has an active and functioning exchange system that normally causes the
			 cylinder, tube or container to be refilled, reused, or refurbished, unless the
			 cylinder, tube or container is damaged and not appropriate to be subsequently
			 refilled, reused, or refurbished;
(D) any cylinder, tube or container that
			 contains pure oxygen or hydrogen;
(E) fire extinguishers;
(F) aerosol cans; or
(G) a storage tank that is permanently fixed
			 in location.
(l)
			 "Recycle-compatible coating" means a water-soluble barrier that can be used on
			 fiber-based packaging that does not negatively impact the recyclability of that
			 packaging.
(m) "Scrap metal" means
			 ferrous and non-ferrous waste metal, metallic material, electrical wiring and
			 any product that contains at least 50 percent metal by weight and that is
			 capable of being recycled. Scrap metal includes major appliances that contain
			 refrigerants.
(n) "Tub" means a
			 rigid container that has a neck or mouth similar in size to its base. "Tub"
			 does not include a clamshell or similar container with a lid that is affixed to
			 the base using a hinge or similar mechanism.