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SCORE Acronym for "Select Committee on Recycling and the Environment," a State task force appointed by the Governor in the 1980's to recommend strategies for supporting recycling in Minnesota. "SCORE" is commonly used to refer to State grant funding to counties to support local source reduction and recycling programs. Separately Managed Wastes Waste materials that are managed as discrete waste streams, such as lead -acid batteries, recyclables, or infectious wastes. Service Charge Under the authority granted in Minn. Stat. §400.08 and §473.811, subd. 8a, a fee collected for services rendered by a county or by extension through joint powers agreements, by municipalities of the County. Solid Waste Garbage, refuse, sludge from a water supply treatment plant or air contaminant treatment facility, and other discarded waste materials and sludges, in solid, semisolid, liquid, or contained gaseous form, resulting from industrial, commercial, mining, and agricultural operations, and from community activities, but does not include hazardous waste; animal waste used as fertilizer, earthen fill, boulders, rock; sewage sludge, solid or dissolved material in domestic sewage or other common pollutants in water resources, such as silt, dissolved or suspended solids in industrial waste water effluents or discharges which are point sources subject to permits (in federal law), dissolved materials in irrigation return flows; or source, special nuclear, or by- product material as defined by The Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended. (Minn. Stat. Sec. 116.06, Subd. 22) Solid Waste Management A board formed under a Joint Powers Agreement, consisting of two Coordinating Board ( SWMCB) Commissioners from each of the six metropolitan counties, plus two ex- officio members: the Director of the Minnesota Office of Environmental Assistance and the Commissioner of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. SWMCB is established to coordinate solid waste planning and programming on a regional basis. Solid Waste Management Tax A percentage tax collected by the State for management services for MSW and non -MSW (specifically construction waste, infectious waste, and industrial waste). Services subject to the tax include collection, transportation, processing, and disposal. Service providers (such as haulers and landfill operators) who directly bill generators or customers are responsible for collecting and remitting the tax. The rate in 1998 is 9.75% for residential generators and 17% for commercial generators. Source Reduction An activity that prevents generation of waste or the inclusion of toxic materials in waste, including: (1) reusing a production in its original form; (2) increasing the life span of a product; (3) reducing material or the toxicity of material used in production or packaging; or (4) changing procurement, consumption, or waste generation habits in smaller quantities or lower toxicity of waste generated. (Minn. Stat. §115A.03, Subd. 36b) Source Separation Separation of recyclable, compostable, or other materials by the waste generator prior to collection. Source- separated "Source- separated compostable materials" refers to materials that: Compostable Materials (1) are separated at the source by waste generators for the purpose of preparing them for use as compost; (2) are collected separately from mixed municipal solid waste, and are Ramsey County Solid Waste Master Plan 2011 -2030 Page 162 Approved by the Ramsey County Board of Commissioners on 3120112