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<section number="19-139" name="Definitions" law="code" slug="sec-19-139" node_id="PTIITI17PULOLAPRGECOMA_SUBTITLE_19PO_DIV5EXPOBA_S19-139DE">
  <level label="a">
    <text>For the purposes of this Division, the following terms shall mean:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Expanded polystyrene means blown polystyrene and expanded and extruded foams that are thermoplastic petrochemical materials utilizing a styrene monomer and processed by a number of techniques, including fusion of polymer spheres (expandable bead polystyrene), injection molding, foam molding, and extrusion-blow molding (extruded foam polystyrene).</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Expanded polystyrene food service products means food containers, plates, hot and cold beverage cups, meat and vegetable trays, egg cartons and other products made of expanded polystyrene and used for selling, providing, or serving foods that are intended by the manufacturer to be used once for eating or drinking or generally recognized by the public as items to be discarded after one use.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Food Service business means a full-service restaurant, limited-service restaurant, fast food restaurant, café, delicatessen, coffee shop, supermarket, grocery store, vending truck or cart, food truck, business or institutional cafeteria, including those operated by or on behalf of County departments and agencies, and other business selling or providing food within the County for consumption on or off the premises.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Polystyrene loose fill packaging means a void-filling packaging product made of expanded polystyrene that is used as packaging fill. Polystyrene loose fill packaging is commonly referred to as packing peanuts.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
