4120.20 Definitions

For the purposes of this chapter, the following words, phrases and terms shall have the meaning ascribed to them in this Section:

Bulk Reverse Vending Machine - A machine that is larger than fifty square feet; is designed to accept more than one container at a time, and will pay by weight instead of by container.

Certified Recycling Center or Certified Processor - A recycling facility certified by the California Department of Conservation as meeting the requirements of the California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act of 1986.

Collection Facility - A facility for acceptance by donation, redemption, or purchase of recyclable materials from the public. Such a facility does not use power-driven processing equipment, except as permitted elsewhere in this chapter. Collection facilities include the following:

• E. Reverse vending machine(s), fifty square feet or less;

• F. Small collection facilities which occupy an area of not more than five hundred square feet, may include:

  • v. A mobile unit,

  • vi. Bulk reverse vending machines or a grouping of reverse vending machines which is larger than fifty square feet but smaller than five hundred square feet,

  • vii. Kiosk type units which may include permanent structures,

  • viii. Unattended containers placed for the donation of recyclable materials;

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C. Large collection facilities, which may occupy an area of more than five hundred square feet or are located on separate property not appurtenant to a host use and may include permanent structures.

Convenience Zone - An area within a one-half mile radius of a supermarket. A "supermarket" for the purpose of this chapter means a "full-line, self-service retail store with gross annual sales of two million dollars or more, and which sells a line of dry, grocery, canned goods, or non-food items and some perishable items."

Mobile Recycling Unit - An automobile, truck, trailer or van, licensed by the Department of Motor Vehicles, which is used for the collection of recyclable materials which previously contained beverages (pursuant to the California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act of 1986). A mobile recycling unit also means the bins, boxes or containers transported by automobiles, trucks, vans or trailers, and used for the collection of recyclable materials.

Processing - The preparation of material for efficient shipment, or to an end-user’s specifications, by such means as baling, briquetting, compacting, flattening, grinding, crushing, mechanical sorting, shredding, cleaning and remanufacturing.

Processing Facility - A building or enclosed space used for the collection and processing of recyclable materials.

Recyclable Material - A reusable material including but not limited to metals, glass, plastic and paper, which are intended for reuse, manufacture or reconstitution for the purpose of using the altered form. Recyclable material does not include refuse or hazardous materials. Recyclable material may include used motor oil collected and transported in accordance with Sections 25250.11 and 25143.2 (b) (4) of the Health and Safety Code of the State of California.

Recycling Facility - A center for the collection and/or processing of recyclable materials. A recycling facility includes scrap metal dealers, aluminum and plastic beverage container collection facilities, paper recycling centers, etc. A recycling facility does not include storage containers or processing activity on the premises of a residential, commercial or manufacturing use, and used solely for the recycling of material generated by the residential property, business or manufacturer. Recycling facilities may include collection facilities and processing facilities as defined in this Chapter.

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Reverse Vending Facility - A center for the collection and/or processing of recyclable material grouping more than one reverse vending machine at a site in order to accept and temporarily store all three container types.

Reverse Vending Machine(s) - An automatic mechanical device which accepts at least one or more types of empty beverage containers including, but not limited to aluminum cans, glass and plastic bottles, and issues a cash refund or a redeemable credit clip with a value not less than the container’s redemption value as determined by the State of California. A Reverse Vending Machine may sort and process containers mechanically provided that the entire process is enclosed within the machine. Reverse vending machines shall not occupy an area larger than fifty square feet and shall not be higher than eight feet in height.

Industrial Collection and Processing Facility - A facility that accepts, stores or processes recyclable materials whether or not maintained in connection with another business. Processing includes but is not limited to sorting, cleansing, baling, briquetting, crushing, compacting, grinding, shredding, sawing, shearing and sorting of recyclable materials, and the heat reduction or melting of such materials.