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DIVISION 30. WASTE MANAGEMENT 40000-49620›PART 3. STATE PROGRAMS 42000-42999›CHAPTER 12.8. Recycling of Commercial Solid Waste 42649-42649.7

§ 42649.1

California Public Resources Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall apply:

(a) “Business” means a commercial or public entity, including, but not limited to, a firm, partnership, proprietorship, joint stock company, corporation, or association that is organized as a for-profit or nonprofit entity, or a multifamily residential dwelling.

(b) “Commercial solid waste” includes all types of solid waste generated by a store, office, or other commercial or public entity source, including a business or a multifamily dwelling of five or more units.

(c) “Commercial waste generator” means a business subject to subdivision (a) of Section 42649.2.

(d) “Self-hauler” means a business that hauls its own waste rather than contracting for that service.

(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 509, Sec. 1. (AB 1398) Effective January 1, 2014.)

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