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(b) A person who generates solid waste, or who owns the premises upon which solid waste has generated or accumulated, may personally collect, transport and dispose of its own solid waste so long as it: (1) Does so in accordance with all governing laws and regulations, and (2) Does so in accordance with the self -hauler requirements in section 16-38.5. (3) Disposes of such solid waste at a site permitted by the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle), as described in section 16-38.5. (c) A person who generates solid waste, or who owns the premises upon which solid waste is generated or accumulated, may: (1) sell or, (2) donate its source separated recyclable materials and/or organic waste; provided, however, that in both instances: (A) the person must, on its premises, segregate from other solid waste the source separated recyclable materials and/or organic waste to be sold or donated, and (B) the person may not pay the buyer or donee, or any third party, any tangible consideration, including service, consulting or other fees or discount/reduction of fees, for collecting, processing, or transporting such source separated recyclable materials and/or organic waste. A person who simply receives a discount of, or reduction in, the collection, processing or disposal service rates for solid waste shall not be deemed to be selling or donating source separated recyclable materials and/or organic waste for purposes of this exception. At the request of the city, a person who sells or donates its source separated recyclable materials and/or organic waste shall provide documentation, including receipts from the person buying or receiving the donated source separated recyclable materials and/or organic waste evidencing the sale or donation, and invoices or agreements for hauling or recycling services. (d) A gardener, tree trimmer, or person engaged in landscape maintenance who has a business license to operate in the city may collect yard waste which it generates as an incidental portion of providing its licensed services. Any yard waste collected pursuant hereto must be transported by the gardener, tree trimmer or person to a facility permitted by CalRecycle in accordance with all laws and regulations. (e) Any person may collect, transport, and dispose of solid waste during a period in which collection services by the city or its solid waste collection contractor are interrupted or delayed due to a labor strike or other circumstances affecting collection services throughout the city, provided such persons comply with any and all directives of the executive director. (f) Effective July 1, 2022, any solid waste collection contractor, other than the city's exclusive solid waste collection contractor as of that date, who may be entitled to continue services beyond that date pursuant to Public Resources Code section 49520 Ordinance No. NS-3017 Page 16 of 42