Washington Administrative Code › Title 173 - Ecology, Department of (See also Titles 197, 317, 372, and 508) › Chapter 173-345 - Recyclable materials - transporter and facility requirements › Section 173-345-030 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
"Container"
means a portable device used for the
				collection, storage and/or transportation of solid waste including, but not
				limited to, reusable containers, disposable containers, and detachable
				containers.
"Covered electronic product"
or
"CEP"
means as defined in chapter 173-900 WAC.
"Department"
means the department of
				ecology.
"Facility"
means all contiguous land (including
				buffers and setbacks) and structures, other appurtenances, and improvements to
				the land used for solid waste handling, including recycling.
"Material recovery facility (MRF)"
means a
				facility that collects, compacts, repackages, sorts, or processes for transport
				source separated solid waste for the purpose of recycling.
"Permit"
means an authorization used by the
				jurisdictional health department which allows a person to perform solid waste
				activities at a specific location and which includes specific conditions for
				such facility operations.
"Person"
means an individual, firm, association,
				copartnership, political subdivision, government agency, municipality,
				industry, public or private corporation, or any other entity whatever.
"Processing"
means an operation to convert a
				material into a useful product or to prepare it for reuse, recycling, or
				disposal.
"Recycling facility"
means a facility where
				recyclable materials are transformed or remanufactured into useable or
				marketable materials.
"Recyclable materials"
means those solid wastes
				that are separated for recycling or reused, including but not limited to,
				papers, metals, glass, that are identified as recyclable material pursuant to a
				local solid waste management plan.
"Recycling"
means transforming or remanufacturing
				waste materials into usable or marketable materials for use other than landfill
				disposal or incineration. Recycling does not include collection, compacting,
				repackaging, and sorting for the purpose of transport.
"Source separated"
means the separation of
				different kinds of solid waste at the place where waste originates.
"Solid waste"
or
"wastes"
means all
				putrescible and nonputrescible solid and semisolid wastes including, but not
				limited to, garbage, rubbish, ashes, industrial wastes, swill, sewage sludge,
				demolition and construction wastes, abandoned vehicles or parts thereof,
				contaminated soils and contaminated dredged material, and recyclable
				materials.
"Transporter of recyclable material"
means any
				person or entity that transports source-separated recyclable materials from
				commercial or industrial generators over the public highways of the state of
				Washington for compensation, and who is required to possess a common carrier
				permit to operate from the Washington utilities and transportation commission
				under chapter 81.80
				RCW. Transporters include commercial recycling operations of certified solid
				waste collection companies regulated under
				chapter
				81.77
				RCW.
Statutory Authority:
				  Chapter
				  70.95 RCW and
				  RCW
				  70.95.400 - [70.95.]430. 09-09-131 (Order
				  07-16), § 173-345-030, filed 4/22/09, effective
				  5/23/09.