“Recycling center” means an establishment, place of business, facility or building that is maintained, operated, or used for the storing, keeping, buying or selling of newspaper or used food or beverage containers for the purpose of converting those items into a usable product. Impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 3; Acts 1967, ch. 304, § 3; impl. am. Acts 1972, ch. 829, § 7; Acts 1974, ch. 720, § 1; T.C.A., § 54-2303; Acts 1981, ch. 264, § 12; 1981, ch. 432, § 1.