- a)Traditional garbage (Basura tradicional): Solid waste traditionally generated, including paper, cardboard, plastic, food, and organic waste, which are the result of the daily activities of the various housing units (unidades habitacionales), license holders (patentados), and state public or non-public entities that are not private.
- b)Category (Categoría): Classification of a taxpayer according to the estimated garbage they generate per week.
- c)Waste (Desechos): Traditional garbage (Basura tradicional).
- d)Bulky waste (Desechos voluminosos): All waste resulting from the cleaning of green areas, branches, trunks, undergrowth, scrap metal, household appliances, furniture, remodeling waste, rubble, construction waste (desechos constructivos): formwork wood, metal sheets, rebar, and others, which can be considered inert.
- e)Special waste (Desechos especiales): All those indicated in Article 6, Chapter II, of the Regulation on garbage management (Reglamento sobre manejo de basuras), per Decree No. 19049-S, of July 7, 1989. These include pathogenic, toxic, combustible, flammable, explosive, chemical, radioactive garbage, and any other requiring special handling due to its condition.
- f)Generation factor (Factor de generación): The range within which a user is placed depending on the estimated amount of garbage produced per week, based on the estimated garbage generation for a housing unit (unidad habitacional).
- g)Weighting factor (Factor de ponderación): Equivalent units according to the garbage generation of a given place, based on the estimated garbage generation for a housing unit (unidad habitacional).
- h)Municipality (Municipalidad): Municipality of San Mateo.
- i)Collection service (Servicio de recolección): Service for the transport of solid waste and collection of traditional garbage (basura tradicional).
- j)Final disposal service (Servicio de disposición final): Service for the management of waste in the landfill, which may be for traditional waste (desechos tradicionales) or bulky waste (desechos voluminosos).
- k)Rate for collection and final disposal services for traditional waste (desechos tradicionales) by category (Tasa de los servicios de recolección y disposición final de desechos tradicionales por categoría): Charge to the taxpayer in proportion to the estimated amount of waste they generate per week.
General Provisions