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§ 20-01-03 H AWAI‘I C OUNTY C ODE “Solid waste” means any garbage, refuse, sludge, and other discarded material, including solid, liquid, semisolid, or contained gaseous material, resulting from residential habitation; industrial, commercial, mining, and agricultural operations; and community activities. “Solid waste management” means planned and organized handling of solid waste and recyclable materials in an environmentally and economically sound manner, encompassing the generation, storage, collection, transfer, transportation, processing, resource recovery, reuse, and disposal of solid waste and recyclable materials and including all administrative, financial, educational, environmental, legal, planning, marketing and operational aspects thereof. “State” means the State of Hawai‘i. “SWD” means the Solid Waste Division of the Department of Environmental Management. “SWD facility” means a County facility for the management of materials the County is legally permitted to accept pursuant to State law. (2020, ord 20-86, sec 3.) 20-01-03 Article 2. Administration and Enforcement. Division 1. Administration. Section 20-02-01. Jurisdiction. Unless otherwise provided for by law, the department shall have jurisdiction over and administer all matters covered by this chapter. (2020, ord 20-86, sec 3.) 20-02-01 Section 20-02-02. Adoption of rules. The department may adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91, Hawai‘i Revised Statutes, necessary for the purposes of this chapter. (2020, ord 20-86, sec 3.) 20-02-02 Section 20-02-03. SWD facilities; minimum days of operation. Any SWD facility used for the disposal, collection, and transfer of household solid waste shall be operated and open to the public for such purposes no less than two days a week. (2024, ord 24-57, sec 2.) 20-02-03 SUPP. 17 (1-2025) 20-4