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Article I. Solid Waste Collection
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For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning:

CONTAINER. Container furnished by the City for the purpose of holding solid waste for the City’s regular solid waste collection service. CONTAINER does not include dumpsters.

GARBAGE. Organic waste, discarded material that can rot. Examples of GARBAGE include but are not limited to food waste, animal waste, and grass clippings. GARBAGE does not include human waste, sewage or “hazardous waste” as defined in this chapter.

HAZARDOUS WASTE. Material to be discarded whether solid, semisolid, liquid, or contained gases which because of its quantity, concentration or physical, chemical or infectious characteristics poses a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or the environment or any other material deemed to be HAZARDOUS WASTE under Arizona or federal laws.

SOLID WASTE. Any discarded solid waste commonly called trash, rubbish, or refuse including “garbage” as defined in this chapter. SOLID WASTE does not include human waste, sewage or “hazardous waste” as defined in this chapter. (Ord. 376 § 1(Exh. A), passed 1-24-2018. Code 2012 § 50.01.)