Definitions.
Riverside Municipal Code § 6.04.010
in effect6.04.010 - Definitions.
For the purpose of this chapter the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section.
Bulky item means waste items that are too large to be accepted as part of standard automated or manual collection. Examples of bulky waste include but are not limited to large metal appliances, mattresses, furniture items, large toys or wood trimmings, and other materials designated by the Public Works Director pursuant to this chapter, but excludes any hazardous materials.
Collection means the act of picking up and removing solid waste or recyclable materials or organic recyclable materials at the place of generation.
Contractor means a person, persons, firm or corporation authorized by contract with the City to provide solid waste, recyclable, or organic recyclable materials collection services within the City.
Container, unless otherwise provided herein, means any and all types of solid waste receptacles, including cans, carts, bins, roll off boxes, and receptables provided by customers.
Detachable bin means a metal container designed for mechanical emptying and provided by the City or contractor where applicable for the accumulation and storage of solid waste.
Designated green materials (or "green materials" or "green waste") means materials that are required to be separated from solid waste and designated recyclable materials prior to disposal and returned for use or reuse in the form of raw materials for new, used or reconstituted products. Green materials include, but are not limited to: yard trimmings, grass, weeds, leaves, prunings, branches, dead plants, brush, tree trimmings, dead trees, small wood pieces and other types of organic yard waste. Green materials excludes food scraps and paper contaminated with food scraps.
Designated organic recyclable materials (or "organic recyclable materials") means materials that are required to be separated from solid waste and designated recyclable materials prior to disposal and returned for use or reuse in the form of raw materials for new, used or reconstituted products. Organic recyclable materials include, but are not limited to: yard trimmings and food scraps such as green trimmings, grass, weeds, leaves, prunings, branches, dead plants, brush, tree trimmings, dead trees, small wood pieces, other types of organic yard waste, vegetable waste, fruit waste, dairy waste, meat waste, fish waste, and paper contaminated with food scraps. The term "organic recyclable materials" solely means "designated green materials" when referencing multifamily residential property requirements.
Designated recyclable materials (or "recyclable materials") means materials that are required to be separated from solid waste and designated organic recyclable materials prior to disposal and returned for use or reuse in the form of raw materials for new, used or reconstituted products. Recyclable materials include, but are not limited to: cardboard, paper, plastic, scrap metal, beverage containers, and clean (untreated and unpainted) wood.
Garbage means a form of solid waste which is putrescible animal, fish, fowl, food, fruit or vegetable matter resulting from the cultivation, preparation, storage, handling, decay or consumption of such substance.
Hazardous waste means a waste, or combination of wastes, which because of its quantity, concentration or physical, chemical or infectious characteristics may do either of the following:
1. Cause, or significantly contribute to, an increase in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible or incapacitating reversible illness.
2. Pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or environment when improperly treated, stored, transported or disposed of or otherwise managed.
Manual container means a metal, plastic or rubber container, 20- to 32-gallon capacity, provided by the resident in City designated areas where automated collection service is not possible. Said containers are not to exceed a weight of 15 pounds when empty, and must have side bail handles and a tight-fitting lid, designed and manufactured for the accumulation and storage of solid waste, or plastic and/or paper bags manufactured for the accumulation and storage of refuse. The top diameter of the container shall in no case be smaller than the diameter of the receptacle at the bottom.
Person means an individual, firm, limited liability company, association, partnership, industry, public or private corporation, or any other entity whatsoever.
Place or premises means every dwelling house, dwelling unit; apartment house or multiple-dwelling building with less than five units; and every other place or premises where any person resides within the City.
Public Works Director means the Public Works Director of the City or his or her duly authorized representative.
Refuse means solid waste.
Recycling means the process of collecting, sorting, cleansing, treating and reconstituting materials that would otherwise become solid waste and returning them for use or reuse in the form of raw materials for new, used or reconstituted products which meet the quality standard necessary to be used in the marketplace. Recycling does not include transformation as defined in Section 40201 of the California Public Resources Code. The term "recycling" may be used to include source separated materials.
Rubbish means a form of solid waste which is nonputrescible, useless, unused, unwanted or discarded material or debris, either combustible or noncombustible, including, but not limited to, paper, cardboard, grass, tree or shrub trimmings, straw, clothing, wood or wood products, crockery, glass, rubber, metal, plastic, construction material, and similar material.
SB 1383 means Senate Bill 1383 (Lara, Chapter 395, Statutes of 2016) also commonly referred to as "SB 1383", as amended, supplemented, superseded, and replaced from time to time.
SB 1383 Regulations means Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations, Division 7, Chapter 12: Short-lived Climate Pollutants, beginning with section 18981.1, as amended, supplemented, superseded and replaced from time to time.
Solid waste means all putrescible and nonputrescible solid, semisolid, and liquid wastes, including garbage, trash, refuse, paper, rubbish, ashes, industrial wastes, demolition and construction wastes, discarded home and industrial appliances, dewatered, treated or chemically fixed sewage sludge which is not hazardous waste, manure, vegetable or animal solid and semi-solid wastes, and other discarded solid and semi-solid wastes. Solid waste does not include hazardous waste or low-level radioactive waste regulated under Chapter 7.6 (commencing with Section 25800) of Division 20 of the California Health and Safety Code or medical waste. Solid waste does not include recyclable materials or organic recyclable materials set out for separate collection for the purposes of recycling and that are not landfilled.
Solid Waste Collector means personnel employed by the City or contractors for the collection and disposal of solid waste.
Source separate or source separated means the process of removing recyclable materials and/or organic recyclable materials, from solid waste for the purpose of recycling and/or organics recycling.
Standard automated container means a 96 gallon container provided by the City for collection of solid waste or organic recyclable material or recyclable material.
(Ord. 7515 § 2, 2020; Ord. 6875 § 1, 2006; Ord. 6424 § 2, 1998; Ord. 5954 § 1, 1991; Ord. 5928 § 1, 1991; Ord. 4189 § 1 (part), 1975)
Source: City of Riverside, California, Municipal Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ca/riverside/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICOOR_TIT6HESA_CH6.04RESOWAREMA_6.04.010DEFetched: 11/1/2026