Legal Documents of Jefferson City

As used in this chapter, terms are defined as follows unless the context indicates otherwise:

1. "Residence" means and includes a detached single-family structure designed or intended for occupancy by one person or by one family. Each trailer or mobile home in a non-containerized area shall be deemed a "residence," and each paid space shall be deemed a single-family structure.
2. "Duplex" means and includes a detached two-family structure designed or intended for occupancy by two (2) families and shall be considered two collection customers.
3. "Triplex" means and includes a detached three-family structure designed or intended for occupancy by three (3) families and shall be considered three collection customers.
4. "Multi-family dwelling" means and includes any building or structure containing four (4) or more contiguous living units and intended exclusively for residential single persons or families. Multi-family dwelling units including more than four (4) units will not be considered for residential recycling collection service.

5. "Municipal solid waste" means any garbage, refuse, or household waste required to be disposed of in a Class I landfill, as defined in regulations adopted pursuant to Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 68, Chapter 31; provided, however, municipal solid waste does not include the following:

   1. Radioactive waste;
   2. Hazardous waste as defined in Tennessee Code Annotated, § 68-46-104;
   3. Infectious waste;
   4. Industrial waste which may include office domestic or cafeteria waste, managed in a privately owned solid waste disposal system or resource recovery facility if such waste is generated solely by the owner of the solid waste system or resource recovery facility.
6. "Contractor" means the person or firm who is in charge of the actual collection of the recyclable materials. This term may be used interchangeably with the term "collector."
7. "Recyclable materials" mean those materials which are capable of being reused or returned to use in the form of raw materials or products, whether or not such materials have been diverted or removed from the solid waste stream.
8. "Recycling" means any process by which materials which would otherwise become solid waste are collected, separated, or processed and reused or returned to use in the form of raw materials or products.
9. "Solid waste stream" means the system through which solid waste and recoverable materials move from the point of discard to recovery or disposal.
10. "Solid waste" means any garbage or refuse, including without limitation, recyclable materials when they become discarded. (1996 Code, § 8-601)