The following definitions shall apply whenever the terms are used in this chapter:
"Applicant" means the person who has the authority to legally bind a redemption center to a contract.
"Certification" means an official document issued by the department of health that identifies a redemption center as being certified by the department.
"Certified" means a redemption center that has met the minimum requirements established by the department as defined in section 11-282-42.
"Consumer" means a person who buys a beverage in a deposit beverage container for use or consumption and pays the deposit.
"Director" means the director of health.
"Facility" means all contiguous land including buffer zones and structures, other appurtenances, and improvements on the land used for the handling of solid waste.
"High-density population area" means all United States Postal Service Zip Code areas on Oahu, which contain three or more dealers of five thousand or more square feet of interior space; or a resident population of 17,500 or greater.
"Manufactured" means the completely filled bottles, cans, or other deposit beverage containers, which are inventoried for sale or distribution.
"Manufacturer" means any person who bottles, cans, or otherwise fills deposit beverage containers for sale to distributors, dealers or consumers.
"Material" means the physical substance used to manufacture a deposit beverage container including, but not limited to, plastic, aluminum, metal, or glass.
"Mixed spirits" means a deposit beverage containing distilled spirits and added natural or artificial blending material such as fruit juices, flavors, flavorings, colorings, or preservatives, and which contain less than fifteen per cent of alcohol by volume.
"Mixed wine" means a deposit beverage containing wine and more than fifteen per cent added natural or artificial blending material such as fruit juices, flavors, flavorings, or adjuncts, water (plain, carbonated, or sparkling), colorings, or preservatives, and which contain less than seven per cent of alcohol by volume.
"Recycling" means the collection, separation, recovery, and sale or reuse of secondary resources that would otherwise be disposed of as municipal solid waste, and is an integral part of a manufacturing process aimed at producing a marketable product made of post consumer material.
"Recycling facility" means all contiguous land and structures and other appurtenances, and improvements on the land used for collection, separation, recovery, and sale or reuse of secondary resources that would otherwise be disposed of as municipal solid waste, and is an integral part of the manufacturing process aimed at producing a marketable product made of post consumer material.
"Refund value" means the amount of the deposit established under chapter 342G, part VIII, HRS.
"Rural area" means a non-high density population area.
"Segregated" means divided by material type and that such divided load consists of 100% Hawaii refund value material.
"Segregated rate" means a payment rate set by the department for loads of segregated deposit beverage containers assessed by weight.
Haw. Code R. § 11-282-03